विचेष्टति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ चेष्टति (ceṣṭati).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.t͡ɕɐjʂ.ʈɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈt͡ɕeːʂ.ʈɐ.t̪i/

Verb

विचेष्टति • (viceṣṭati) third-singular present indicative (root विचेष्ट्, class 1, type P)

1. to exert oneself, to struggle
   • c. 700 CE, Daṇḍin, Daśa-kumāra-carita :

     अन्यदा निकृत्तपाणिपादकर्णनासिकमवनिपृष्ठे विचेष्टमानं पुरुषमद्राक्षित्

     anyadā nikṛttapāṇipādakarṇanāsikamavanipṛṣṭhe viceṣṭamānaṃ puruṣamadrākṣit

     One day he saw a man mutilated in (his) hand, foot, ear and nose struggling flat on the ground

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विचेष्टति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0959.