a. (ṇī f.) [saha akṣi a- sya; sākṣād draṣṭā sākṣī vā P. V. 2. 91] 1 Seeing, observing, witnessing.

2 Attesting, testifying. m. 1 A wit- ness, an observer, an eye-wit- ness; phalaṃ tapaḥsākṣiṣu dṛṣṭameṣvapi Ku. 5. 60.

2 The Supreme Being. Comp. dvaidhaṃ divergent evidence, discrepancy between witnesses. pra- tyayaḥ the evidence of witnesses. bhāvita a. borne out or proved by evidence.