कर्षति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárṣati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káršati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéls-e-ti, from *kʷéls- (“to pull, drag”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (karšaⁱti), Persian کشیدن (kešidan). Compare also Old Armenian քարշ (kʻarš), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́ɾ.ʂɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐɾ.ʂɐ.t̪i/

Verb

कर्षति • (kárṣati)

1. to draw, drag, pull, tear (RV., AV., ŚBr., etc.)
2. to lead, conduct (MBh.)
3. to bend a bow
4. to master, overpower (Mn., MBh.), R., Pañcat.)
5. to obtain (Mn.)
6. to take something from another (Vop.)
7. to plough (RV., AV., TS., ŚBr., etc.)
8. to tear out (MBh.)
9. to pull around, cause pain, torture, torment (Mn., MBh., etc.)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कर्षति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0306.