सहस्राक्ष

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सहस्राक्ष  mfn.  mfn. th°-eyed, [RV.]; [VS.]; [TS.] &c.
all-perceiving, all-inspecting, [W.]
सहस्राक्ष  m.  m. N. of इन्द्र (so called from the curse of गौतम who detecting इन्द्र in a desire to seduce his wife अहल्या covered him with a thousand marks of the female organ, afterwards changed to eyes; a different legend is in [Rām. i, 48]), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
of इन्द्र in the 9th मन्व्-अन्तर, [MārkP.]
of पुरुष, [MW.]
of विष्णु, ib.
of Fire and रुद्र, ib.
of शिव, ib.
a clear sky, [VarBṛS.]
N. of a partic. मन्त्र, [Baudh.]
सहस्राक्ष  n.  m. or n. (?) of a place, [Cat.]
सहस्राक्ष  m.  m. of wk.

Shabda-Sagara

सहस्राक्ष  mfn.  ( -क्षः-क्षी-क्षं) Thousand-eyed; used figuratively, vigilant, all-perceiving, all-inspecting, all-powerful.
 m.  ( -क्षः)
1. INDRA. 2. An owl.
3. BRAHMĀ.
E. सहस्र a thousand, and अक्ष the eye: INDRA having been covered over with marks resem- bling the female organ, in consequence of a curse of GAUTAMA; those marks were changed subsequently to eyes by the relenting saint.

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सहस्र अक्ष