चेष्टा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• চেষ্টা (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬾᬱ᭄ᬝᬵ (Balinese script)
• চেষ্টা (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰸𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑁂𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• စေၑ္ဋာ (Burmese script)
• ચેષ્ટા (Gujarati script)
• ਚੇਸ਼੍ਟਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦺꦰ꧀ꦛꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂵𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಚೇಷ್ಟಾ (Kannada script)
• ចេឞ្ដា (Khmer script)
• ເຈຩ຺ຏາ (Lao script)
• ചേഷ്ടാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡝᢢᢞᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠧᢔᢌᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧚𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐾𑐲𑑂𑐚𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଚେଷ୍ଟା (Odia script)
• ꢗꢾꢰ꣄ꢜꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆼𑆰𑇀𑆛𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖸𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖯 (Siddham script)
• චෙෂ‍්ටා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩔𑪀 𑪙𑩦𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚲𑚶𑚔𑚭 (Takri script)
• சேஷ்டா (Tamil script)
• చేష్టా (Telugu script)
• เจษฺฏา (Thai script)
• ཙེ་ཥྚཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒹𑒭𑓂𑒙𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨄𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root चेष्ट् (ceṣṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐjʂ.ʈɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕeːʂ.ʈɑː/

Noun

चेष्टा • (ceṣṭā) stem, ?

1. motion, movement
2. gesture, action
3. effort, exertion
4. behaviour
5. action, deed, performing

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ചേഷ്ട (cēṣṭa)
• → Telugu: చేష్ట (cēṣṭa)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “चेष्टा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]