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Entry सक्त

सक्तsaktap. p.Stuck or attached to, in contact with.
[सञ्ज्-क्त]
1. Stuck or attached to, in contact with.
2. Addicted, devoted or attached to; fond of; सक्तासि किं कथय वैरिणि मौर्यपुत्रे Mu.2.6.
3. Fixed or rivetted on; नगेन्द्रसक्तां परिवर्त्य दृष्टिम् R.2.28.
4. Relating to.
5. Diligent, attentive.
6. Obstructed, hindered; सदा सक्तं च तद्वेश्म सुमन्त्रः प्रविवेश ह Rām.2.15.19.
Derived forms and compounds
- -मूत्र Adjective making water with difficulty.
- -वैर Adjective engaged in hostilities, constant in enmity; Ś.2.15.
In the Gita3·25 5·12 18·22

सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत ।

saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṁso yathā kurvanti bhārata, — As those who know not act with attachment to the action, he who knows should act without attachment, having for his motive to hold together the… 3·25
- सक्ताःsaktāḥnominative plural of the masculine form of the past passive participial adjective sakta (attached).
- सक्तःsaktaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the past passive participial adjective sakta (attached).
- सक्तम्saktamnominative singular of the neuter form of the past passive participial adjective sakta (attached).
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