apekṣā

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] 1 Expectation, hope, desire. --2 Need, requirement, ne- cessity; nirapekṣa without hope or need, regardless of; sāpekṣatve'pi gamakatvātsa- māsaḥ; anapekṣaḥ śucirdakṣaḥ Bg. 12. 16; or in comp.; sphuliṃgāvasthayā vahniredhāpekṣa iva sthitaḥ Ś. 7. 15 awaiting kindling. --3 Consideration, reference, regard, with the obj. in loc. case; more usual- ly in comp.; madhyabhaṃgānapekṣaṃ Ratn. 1. 17 regardless of; the instr....

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1 Expectation, hope, desire. --2 Need, requirement, ne- cessity; nirapekṣa without hope or need, regardless of; sāpekṣatve'pi gamakatvātsa- māsaḥ; anapekṣaḥ śucirdakṣaḥ Bg. 12....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

163

Texts Appeared In

43

DCS: name of a prince; [medic.] = niruddhaguda; [medic.] = niruddhamaṇi

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Āyurvedadīpikā 20 12.3%
2. Mahābhārata 10 6.1%
3. Mṛgendraṭīkā 10 6.1%
4. Tantrāloka 10 6.1%
5. Vaiśeṣikasūtravṛtti 10 6.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: apekṣā

  atha mataṃ yat tac chreṣṭhāśreṣṭhatvaṃ tad ekatra sambhavaty eva apekṣāvaśāt

• Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: apekṣayā

  yathāyaṃ devadatto yajñadattasakāśād abhirūpaḥ caitrāpekṣayā tu nīrūpa iti

• Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: apekṣātaḥ

  evaṃ tarhi yajñadattasyāśreṣṭhatvaṃ caitrasya ca śreṣṭhatvam ity ubhayaṃ tata it