अनक्ष्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From अन्- (an-, un-, not) + *अक्ष् (*ákṣ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (eye). See also अक्षि (akṣi).

Pronunciation

Adjective

अनक्ष् • (anákṣ) stem

  1. (Rigvedic) blind
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.15.7:
      प्रति श्रोणः स्थाद् व्य् अनग् अचष्ट सोमस्य ता मद इन्द्रश् चकार ॥
      prati śroṇaḥ sthād vy anag acaṣṭa somasya tā mada indraś cakāra.
      The cripple stood erect, the blind saw them. These things Indra did in the passion induced by Soma.

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