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Entry शक्य

शक्यśakyapot. p.Possible, practicable, capable of being done or effected (usually with an inf.); शक्यो वारयितुं जलेन हुतभुक्…
1. Possible, practicable, capable of being done or effected (usually with an Infinitive); शक्यो वारयितुं जलेन हुतभुक् Bh.2.11; R.2.49,54.
2. Fit to be effected.
3. Easy to be effected.
4. Directly conveyed or expressed (as the meaning of a word); शक्योऽर्थोऽभि- धया ज्ञेयः S. D.1.
5. Potential.
6. Of agreeable or sweet address; 'शक्यः प्रियंवदः प्रोक्तः' इति हलायुधः; शक्यः संविभागशीलः Dk.2.5. (The form शक्यम् is sometimes used as a predicative word with an Infinitive in a passive sense, the real object of the infinitive being in the nom. case; एवं हि प्रणयवती सा शक्यमुपेक्षितुं कुपिता M.3. 22; शक्यं... अविरलमालिङ्गितुं पवनः Ś.3.6; विभूतयः शक्यमवाप्तु- मूर्जिताः Subhāś.; न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः Bg. 18.11.).
Derived forms and compounds
- -अर्थः the meaning directly expressed.
- -प्रतीकार Adjective remediable.
- -सामन्तता the state of being able to conquer the neighbouring kings.
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वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः ॥

vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo'vāptumupāyataḥ. — By one who is not self-controlled, this Yoga is difficult to attain; but by the self-controlled, it is attainable by properly directed efforts. 6·36
- शक्यःśakyaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the potential participle śakya (possible).
- शक्यम्śakyamnominative singular of the neuter form of the potential participial adjective śakya (possible).
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