abhikhya

abhikhya I. Tatpur. f. (-khyā) ¹ A name or appellation. ² A word;

e. g. Viśvapr.: bhavedviṣṇupadābhikhyā kṣīrode &c. ³ Fame,

glory; e. g. Ṛgv.: andhā apaśyā na dabhannabhikhyā nityāsa īṃ

pretāro arakṣan (Sāyaṇa: abhitaḥ khyātiṃ māhātmyamandhā jñāna-

śaktirahitā avidvāṃsaḥ . ata evāpaśyā adraṣṭāraḥ). ⁴ Beauty;

e. g. Meghadūta: sūryāpāye na khalu kamalaṃ puṣyati svāmabhikhyām.

⁵ Proclaming, telling (Śabdaratn.: = ākhyāna; Ajayapāla:

= vikhyāti, besides kīrtti, viz. abhikhyā nāmni nirdiṣṭā śo-

bhāvikhyātikīrttiṣu). ⁶ (ved.) Understanding, wisdom; (Nigh.:

= prajñā). E. khyā with abhi, kṛt aff. aṅ.

II. Bahuvr. (?) m. f. n. (-khyaḥ-khyā-khyam) Renowned, cele-

brated. (For this meaning comp. the following word.) E.

abhi and khyā.

abhi-khya mfn. like, similar to (comp.), L.