As a deity name
Name 646 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 15 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
साक्षी · noun · masculine
[वि॰ स्त्री॰ साक्षिणी] · वह मनुष्य जिसने किसी घटना को अपनी आँखों देखा हो । चश्मदीद गवाह · वह जो किसी बात की प्रामाणिकता बतलाता हो । गवाह — Śabdasāgara
साक्षी · adj
द्रष्टा । देखनेवाला । अपनी आँखों से किसी घटना को देखनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
साक्षी · feminine
a female given name, Sakshi, from Sanskrit
साक्षी · feminine,masculine
witness, eyewitness
Platts (p. 626) also records: Observing, witnessing; attesting, testifying, bearing testimony, giving evidence
Cited formation "साक्षी" is साक्ष + -ई: साक्ष means "(sa+ak˚), Having eyes", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "साक्षी" is साक्ष + -ई: साक्ष means "(sa+ak˚), Having eyes", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi साक्षी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साक्षी (sākṣī), nominative singular of साक्षिन् (sākṣin).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sākṣī in comp. for sākṣa.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
in comp. for sākṣa.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sākṣī" is the nominative of "sākṣin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "sākṣī" is the nominative dual of "sākṣi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
sākṣī in comp. for sākṣa.
sākṣin mfn. seeing with the eyes, observing, witnessing
an eye-witness, witness (in law) of or to (gen. loc., or comp.), Gaut.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
1. sākṣi m. (m.c. for sākṣin, in loka- and samasta-s˚, q.v.)
2. sākṣi in comp. for sākṣin.
Alternative readings
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