As a Hindi name
लाक्षणिक · adj
जिससे लक्षण प्रकट हो · लक्षण संबंधी · शब्द की लक्षणा शक्ति द्वारा गम्य वा प्राप्त (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
लाक्षणिक · noun · masculine
वह छंद जिसके प्रत्येक चरण में ३२ मात्राएँ हों · वह जो लक्षणों का ज्ञाता हो । लक्षण जाननेवाला · वह अर्थ जो शब्द की अभिधा शक्ति द्वारा व्यक्त न हो अपितु शक्ति द्वारा व्यक्त हो (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "लाक्षणिक" is ला- + क्षणिक: क्षणिक means "Momentary, transient, transitory, temporary, fleeting", and the prefix ला- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(4) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
knowing marks, acquainted with signs, an interpreter of marks or signs
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "lākṣaṇika" is derived from "lākṣaṇi" with the ṭhak/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
lākṣaṇi m. patr. fr. lakṣaṇa, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 153.
lākṣaṇika mf(ī)n. knowing marks, acquainted with signs, an interpreter of marks or signs, R.
indicatory, expressing indirectly or figuratively, metaphorical, secondary, technical (-tva n.), Śaṃk.; Kpr.; Sarvad.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
lākṣaṇika mf(ī)n. knowing marks, acquainted with signs, an interpreter of marks or signs, R.
indicatory, expressing indirectly or figuratively, metaphorical, secondary, technical (-tva n.), Śaṃk.; Kpr.; Sarvad.
lākṣaṇika a. (kī f.) [lakṣaṇayā bodhayati ṭhak] 1 One who is acquainted with marks or signs. 2 Characteristic, indicatory. 3 Having a secondary sense, used in a secondary sense (as a word, as distinguished from vācya and vyaṃjaka q. v.); syādvācaṃko lākṣaṇikaḥ śabdo'tra vyaṃjakastridhā K. P. 2. 4 Expressing indirectly or figuratively. 5 Secondary, inferior. 6 Technical. — kaḥ A technical term.
lākṣaṇika mfn. (-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) 1 Secondary, inferior, subordinate. 2 Indicatory, characteristic. 3 Technical. m. (-kaḥ) A technical term, a word implying a definition. E. lakṣaṇa, and ṭhak aff.
lākṣaṇi m. patr. fr. lakṣaṇa, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 153.
Alternative readings
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