परोक्ष [parōkṣa] a.
Out of or beyond the range of sight, invisible, escaping observation.
Absent; स्थाने वृता भूपतिभिः परोक्षैः
[R.7.13.] Secret, unknown, stranger; परोक्षमन्मथो जनः
[Ś.2.19;] 'a stranger to the influence of love'; परोक्षार्थस्य दर्शकम्
[H. Pr.1.] -क्षः An ascetic.
क्षम् Absence, invisibility.
(In gram.) Past time or tense (not witnessed by the speaker); परोक्षे लिट्
[P.III.2.115.] Note: The acc. and loc. singulars of परोक्ष (i. e. परोक्षं, परोक्षे) are used adverbially in the sense of 'in one's absence', 'out of sight', 'behind one's back', with or without a gen.: परोक्षे च खलीकर्तुं शक्यते न ममाग्रतः
[Mk.2;] परोक्षे कार्यहन्तारं प्रत्यक्षे प्रियवादिनम् (त्यजेत्)
[Chāṇ.18;] नोदाहरेदस्य नाम परोक्षमपि केवलम्
[Ms.2.119] -Comp.
-अर्थ a. a. having a secret meaning.
-कृता a hymn in which a deity is spoken of in the third person.-जित् a. victorious in an imperceptible manner. -बुद्धिa. indifferent to.
-भोगः enjoyment of anything in the absence of the owner.
-वृत्ति a. a. living out of sight. (-त्तिः f.) an unseen or obscure life.