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Entry साक्षिन्

साक्षिन्sākṣina.(-णी f.) [सह अक्षि अस्य; साक्षाद् द्रष्टा साक्षी वा P.V.2.91]
1. (-णी Feminine) [सह अक्षि अस्य; साक्षाद् द्रष्टा साक्षी वा ParasmaipadaV.2.91]
2. Seeing, observing, witnessing.
3. Attesting, testifying. -Masculine
4. A witness, an observer, an eye-witness; फलं पःसाक्षिषु दृष्टमेष्वपि Ku.5.6; साक्षित्वमस्य पुरुषस्य Saṁkhya K.19; Ms.8.18.
5. The Supreme Being.
6. (In Philosophy) The Ego.
Derived forms and compounds
- -द्वैधम् divergent evidence, discrepancy between witnesses.
- -परीक्षा examination of a witness.
- -प्रत्ययः the evidence of witnesses.
- -भावित Adjective borne out or proved by evidence.
In the Gita9·18

गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत् ।

gatirbhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt, — I the path and goal, the upholder, the master, the witness, the house and country, the refuge, the benignant friend; I the birth and status and… 9·18
- साक्षीsākṣīnominative singular of the masculine noun sākṣin (the witness).
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