As a deity name
Name 370 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
Nearest attested word 'शक्या' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is शक्य, meaning possible, likely to happen. nearest word: शक्य — a suggestion, not a meaning
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
able, possible, practicable, capable of being (with inf. in pass. sense, e.g., ‘she cannot be conducted by force’; ‘that is able to be acquired by me’; the form śakyam may also be… — feminine form of śakya
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M1 · same meaning "śakyā" is the feminine form of "śakya" — the same word with the feminine ending, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
M3 · meaning shifts "śakya" is derived from "śak" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
śak cl. 5. P. (Dhātup. xxvii, 15) śaknoti (pf. śaśāka, śekuḥ, RV. &c. &c.; aor. aśakat, AV. &c. [Ved. also Pot. śakeyam and śakyām; Impv. śagdhi, śaktam]; fut. śaktā, or śakitā Gr. ; śakṣyati, ˚te, Br. &c.; śakiṣyate, ˚te Gr.; inf. -śaktave, RV.; śaktum or śakitum Gr.), to be strong or powerful, be able to or capable of or competent for (with acc. dat. or loc., rarely acc. of a verbal noun, or with an inf. in am or tum; or with pr.p.; e.g. with grahaṇāya or grahaṇe, ‘to be able to seize’; vadha-nirṇekam a-śaknuvan, ‘unable to atone for slaughter’; śakema vājino yamam, ‘may we be able to guide horses’; vīkṣitum na śaknoti, ‘he is not able to see’; pūrayan na śaknoti, ‘he is not able to fill’), RV. &c. &c. (in these meanings ep. also śakyati, ˚te, with inf. in tuṃ cf. Dhātup. xxvi, 78); to be strong or exert one's self for another (dat.), aid, help, assist, RV. vii, 67, 5; 68, 8 &c.; to help to (dat. of thing), ib. ii, 2, 12; iv, 21, 10 &c. : Pass. śakyate (ep. also ˚ti), to be overcome or subdued, succumb, MBh.; to yield, give way, ib.; to be compelled or caused by any one (instr.) to (inf.), ib.; to be able or capable or possible or practicable (with an inf. in pass. sense, e.g. tat kartuṃ śakyate, ‘that can be done’; sometimes with pass. p., e.g. na śakyate vāryamāṇaḥ, ‘he cannot be restrained’; or used impers., with or with out instr., e.g. yadi [tvayā] śakyate, ‘if it can be done by thee’, ‘if it is possible’), Mn.; MBh. &c. : Caus. śākayati (aor. aśīśakat), Gr.: Desid. See √ śikṣ.
śak, [Cf., accord. to some, Gk. ὄπις, ἀοσσητήρ; Germ. Hag, Hecke, hegen; behagen.]
śakya mf(ā)n. able, possible, practicable, capable of being (with inf. in pass. sense, e.g. na sā śakyā netum balāt, ‘she cannot be conducted by force’; tan mayā śakyam pratipattum, ‘that is able to be acquired by me’; the form śakyam may also be used with a nom. case which is in a different gender or number, e.g. śakyaṃ śva-māṃsādibhir api kṣut pratihantum, ‘hunger can be appeased even by dog's flesh &c.’; cf. Vām. v, 2, 25), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
to be conquered or subdued, liable to be compelled to (inf.), MBh.
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śakya mf(ā)n. able, possible, practicable, capable of being (with inf. in pass. sense, e.g. na sā śakyā netum balāt, ‘she cannot be conducted by force’; tan mayā śakyam pratipattum, ‘that is able to be acquired by me’; the form śakyam may also be used with a nom. case which is in a different gender or number, e.g. śakyaṃ śva-māṃsādibhir api kṣut pratihantum, ‘hunger can be appeased even by dog's flesh &c.’; cf. Vām. v, 2, 25), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
to be conquered or subdued, liable to be compelled to (inf.), MBh.
śak cl. 5. P. (Dhātup. xxvii, 15) śaknoti (pf. śaśāka, śekuḥ, RV. &c. &c.; aor. aśakat, AV. &c. [Ved. also Pot. śakeyam and śakyām; Impv. śagdhi, śaktam]; fut. śaktā, or śakitā Gr. ; śakṣyati, ˚te, Br. &c.; śakiṣyate, ˚te Gr.; inf. -śaktave, RV.; śaktum or śakitum Gr.), to be strong or powerful, be able to or capable of or competent for (with acc. dat. or loc., rarely acc. of a verbal noun, or with an inf. in am or tum; or with pr.p.; e.g. with grahaṇāya or grahaṇe, ‘to be able to seize’; vadha-nirṇekam a-śaknuvan, ‘unable to atone for slaughter’; śakema vājino yamam, ‘may we be able to guide horses’; vīkṣitum na śaknoti, ‘he is not able to see’; pūrayan na śaknoti, ‘he is not able to fill’), RV. &c. &c. (in these meanings ep. also śakyati, ˚te, with inf. in tuṃ cf. Dhātup. xxvi, 78); to be strong or exert one's self for another (dat.), aid, help, assist, RV. vii, 67, 5; 68, 8 &c.; to help to (dat. of thing), ib. ii, 2, 12; iv, 21, 10 &c. : Pass. śakyate (ep. also ˚ti), to be overcome or subdued, succumb, MBh.; to yield, give way, ib.; to be compelled or caused by any one (instr.) to (inf.), ib.; to be able or capable or possible or practicable (with an inf. in pass. sense, e.g. tat kartuṃ śakyate, ‘that can be done’; sometimes with pass. p., e.g. na śakyate vāryamāṇaḥ, ‘he cannot be restrained’; or used impers., with or with out instr., e.g. yadi [tvayā] śakyate, ‘if it can be done by thee’, ‘if it is possible’), Mn.; MBh. &c. : Caus. śākayati (aor. aśīśakat), Gr.: Desid. See √ śikṣ.
śak, [Cf., accord. to some, Gk. ὄπις, ἀοσσητήρ; Germ. Hag, Hecke, hegen; behagen.]
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