𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

Maharastri Prakrit verb set
𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (sikkhaï)
𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀯𑁂𑀇 (sikkhāvei)

Inherited from Sanskrit शिक्षति (śíkṣati), शिक्षते (śikṣate). Cognate with Pali sikkhati.

Verb

𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (sikkhaï) (Devanagari सिक्खइ, Kannada ಸಿಕ್ಖಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)

1. to learn
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 477:

     𑀯𑀳𑀼𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀯𑀺𑀮𑀸𑀲𑀭𑀲𑀺𑀏 𑀲𑀼𑀭𑀏 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀮𑀸𑀡 𑀓𑁄 𑀉𑀯𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀑?
     𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 𑀅𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀆𑀇-𑀯𑀺 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯𑁄 𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀼𑀯𑀁𑀥𑁂𑀡

     vahuvihavilāsarasie surae mahilāṇa ko uvajjhāo?
     sikkhaï asikkhiāi-vi savvo ṇehāṇuvaṃdheṇa

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       In lovemaking, with its manifold and intricate delights, Who is there to instruct women?
       One can learn anything simply by being shown some affection.

   • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti X. a. Agaladatta, page 67, lines 3 – 5:

     𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀬𑀸 𑀕𑀼𑀭𑀼-𑀚𑀡𑀸-𑀡𑀼𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀸𑀢𑁄 𑀲𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥-𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄 𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸-𑀤𑀁𑀲𑀡𑀁 𑀓𑀸𑀉𑀁 𑀭𑀸𑀬-𑀓𑀼𑀮𑀁 𑀕𑀢𑁄
     𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀣-𑀬 𑀅𑀲𑀺-𑀔𑁂𑀟𑀬-𑀕𑀳𑀡𑁆-𑀆𑀇𑀬𑀁 𑀚𑀳𑀸-𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀁 𑀤𑀸𑀇𑀬𑀁

     annayā guru-jaṇā-ṇunnāto siddha-vijjo sikkhā-daṃsaṇaṃ kāuṃ rāya-kulaṃ gato
     tattha-ya asi-kheḍaya-gahaṇ-āiyaṃ jahā-sikkhiyaṃ savvaṃ dāiyaṃ

     When he had mastered the sciences he went one day with the permission of his teacher to the court of the king in order to show his proficiency
     And there he exhibited everything just as he had been taught, how to hold the sword and the shield, and other acquirements.

Descendants

• Konkani: śikce

  Devanagari script: शिक्चे

  Kannada script: ಶಿಕ್ಚೆ

  Latin script: xikche

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: सिकणे (sikaṇe), सिखणे (sikhaṇe)

  Modi script: 𑘭𑘲𑘎𑘜𑘹 (sīkaṇe), 𑘭𑘲𑘏𑘜𑘹 (sīkhaṇe)

  • Marathi: शिकणे (śikṇe)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “सिक्ख”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 224.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śíkṣatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press