Vivakshu, Vivakṣu: 8 definitions
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Vivakshu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Vivakṣu can be transliterated into English as Vivaksu or Vivakshu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexVivakṣu (विवक्षु).—A son of Adhisomakṛṣṇa; when Nāgasāhvaya was washed away by floods, he made Kauśāmbī his capital; father of eight powerful sons.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 50. 78-9.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVivakṣu (विवक्षु).—a. Wishing or about to speak; पुनर्विवक्षुः स्फुरितोत्तराधरः (punarvivakṣuḥ sphuritottarādharaḥ) Kumārasambhava 5.83.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVivakṣu (विवक्षु).—mfn. (-kṣuḥ-kṣuḥ-kṣu) Wishing to speak. E. vac to speak, desid. v., u aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVivakṣu (विवक्षु).—[adjective] calling aloud; wishing to say or tell.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vivakṣu (विवक्षु):—[from vivakṣā] mfn. calling or crying aloud, [Atharva-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] wishing to speak, intending to say or announce or tell or ask anything ([accusative], rarely [genitive case], or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] wishing to speak to ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVivakṣu (विवक्षु):—[(kṣuḥ-kṣuḥ-kṣu) a.] Wishing to speak.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryVivakṣu (विवक्षु):—adj. wishing or about to speak;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Puru dynasty < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Prognostic Potentia1 of Kalidasa’s Similes < [April – June, 1988]
The Vamana-Purana < [Purana, Volume 4, Part 1 (1962)]
A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
Political History of Vatsa < [Chapter 2]