लक्ष्

Perhaps an l-form of रक्ष् (rakṣ, “to protect”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐkʂ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐkʂ/

लक्ष् • (lakṣ)

1. to perceive, observe
2. to recognise
3. to mark, sign
4. to characterize, define
5. to indicate, designate indirectly
6. to know, understand, recognise by or as or that
7. to notice, perceive, observe, see, view
8. to be meant or intended
9. to be named or called
10. to be perceived or seen, appear, seem, look like

• लक्ष (lakṣa)
• लक्षण (lakṣaṇa)
• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa)
• लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī)
• लक्ष्य (lakṣya)

• Monier Williams (1899), “लक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0891.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “lakuṭa- - lákṣman-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 472
• Differentiation of Meanings in the English and German Language: The Case of the Concept 'Vision'