anyā dṛkṣa

 anyādṛkṣa is an adjective meaning “of another kind, looking different, changed, unusual, strange.”

Form and Etymology

• The correct lexical form is anyādṛkṣa (अन्यादृक्ष) or variant anyādṛkśa

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• It is a tatpuruṣa compound from anya (“other”) + a derivative of the root dṛś (“to see”)

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• The suffix -kṣa is a kṛt‑affix used in forms like tādṛkṣa, yādṛkṣa, īdṛkṣa; anyādṛkṣa is a later extension of this pattern

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Meanings in Sanskrit Dictionaries

According to the detailed dictionary entry

Wisdom Library

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• “Of another kind, like another.”
• “Changed, unusual, strange.”
  Examples cited include:
  • anyādṛśaṃ bhavantam — “you, appearing different”
  • anyādṛśam eva vacanam — “a statement of a different kind”
  • anyādṛśī racanā — “a strange/peculiar composition”
• Feminine form: anyādṛkṣī (“looking different, of another nature”)

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Usage in Literature

• Appears in classical works such as Mālatīmādhava, Daśakumāracarita, and Kathāsaritsāgara, always with the sense of “changed, different, unusual”

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• Also attested as a name in the fifth Marut‑gaṇa in Purāṇic lists

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Relation to the Base Words

• anya means “other, different” in a wide range of senses

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• dṛś / dṛkṣa is the root “to see”

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• Thus anyādṛkṣa literally means “seen as other / appearing otherwise.”
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Summary

anyādṛkṣa = “different‑looking, altered, unusual, of another kind,” with both literal (“appearing different”) and figurative (“strange, changed”) uses in classical Sanskrit.