īkṣ cl. 1. Ā. ī́kṣate, īkṣāṃ-cakre (Pāṇ. 1-3, 63), īkṣiṣyate, aikṣiṣṭa, īkṣitum, to see, look, view, behold, look at, gaze at

• to watch over (with acc. or rarely loc.) AV. AitBr. ŚBr. Mn. Kathās. &c

• to see in one's mind, think, have a thought ŚBr. ChUp. MBh. Bhag. &c

• to regard, consider Kum.

• to observe (the stars &c.) VarBṛS.

• to foretell for (dat

• lit. to observe the stars for any one) Pāṇ. 1-4, 39: Caus. īkṣayati, to make one look at (with acc.) ĀśvGṛ. (This √is perhaps connected withakṣi, q.v.)