ईक्षते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঈক্ষতে (Assamese script)
• ᬈᬓ᭄ᬱᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
• ঈক্ষতে (Bengali script)
• 𑰃𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀈𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• ဤက္ၑတေ (Burmese script)
• ઈક્ષતે (Gujarati script)
• ਈਕ੍ਸ਼ਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌈𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦇꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂆𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ಈಕ್ಷತೇ (Kannada script)
• ឦក្ឞតេ (Khmer script)
• ອີກ຺ຩເຕ (Lao script)
• ഈക്ഷതേ (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡳᡬᢢᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘃𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠢᢉᢔᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦣𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐃𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଈକ୍ଷତେ (Odia script)
• ꢅꢒ꣄ꢰꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆆𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖃𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
• ඊක්‍ෂතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚃𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
• ஈக்ஷதே (Tamil script)
• ఈక్షతే (Telugu script)
• อีกฺษเต (Thai script)
• ཨཱི་ཀྵ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒄𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃i-h₃kʷs, a secondary present formation of *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), the latter whence अक्षि (akṣi, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /íːk.ʂɐ.tɐj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈiːk.ʂɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

ईक्षते • (īkṣate) third-singular present indicative (root ईक्ष्)

1. to see, look, view, behold
2. to gaze at, watch over
3. to regard, consider, observe
4. to foretell

Conjugation

Present: ईक्षते (īkṣate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	ईक्षते īkṣate	ईक्षेते īkṣete	ईक्षन्ते īkṣante
Second	- -	- -	- -	ईक्षसे īkṣase	ईक्षेथे īkṣethe	ईक्षध्वे īkṣadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	ईक्षे īkṣe	ईक्षावहे īkṣāvahe	ईक्षामहे īkṣāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	ईक्षताम् īkṣatām	ईक्षेताम् īkṣetām	ईक्षन्ताम् īkṣantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	ईक्षस्व īkṣasva	ईक्षेथाम् īkṣethām	ईक्षध्वम् īkṣadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	ईक्षै īkṣai	ईक्षावहै īkṣāvahai	ईक्षामहै īkṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	ईक्षेत īkṣeta	ईक्षेयाताम् īkṣeyātām	ईक्षेरन् īkṣeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	ईक्षेथाः īkṣethāḥ	ईक्षेयाथाम् īkṣeyāthām	ईक्षेध्वम् īkṣedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	ईक्षेय īkṣeya	ईक्षेवहि īkṣevahi	ईक्षेमहि īkṣemahi
Participles
	- -			ईक्षमाण īkṣamāṇa

Imperfect: ऐक्षत (aikṣata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	ऐक्षत aikṣata	ऐक्षेताम् aikṣetām	ऐक्षन्त aikṣanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	ऐक्षथाः aikṣathāḥ	ऐक्षेथाम् aikṣethām	ऐक्षध्वम् aikṣadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	ऐक्षे aikṣe	ऐक्षावहि aikṣāvahi	ऐक्षामहि aikṣāmahi

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ईक्षते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0170/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 09
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ईक्षते”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 203