चेष्ट्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চেষ্ট্ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬾᬱ᭄ᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
• চেষ্ট্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰸𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑁂𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• စေၑ္ဋ် (Burmese script)
• ચેષ્ટ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਚੇਸ਼੍ਟ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦺꦰ꧀ꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂵𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಚೇಷ್ಟ್ (Kannada script)
• ចេឞ្ដ៑ (Khmer script)
• ເຈຩ຺ຏ຺ (Lao script)
• ചേഷ്ട് (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡝᢢᢞ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠧᢔᢌ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧚𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐾𑐲𑑂𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଚେଷ୍ଟ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢾꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆼𑆰𑇀𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖸𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
• චෙෂ‍්ට් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩔𑪀 𑪙𑩦 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚲𑚶𑚔𑚶 (Takri script)
• சேஷ்ட் (Tamil script)
• చేష్ట్ (Telugu script)
• เจษฺฏฺ (Thai script)
• ཙེ་ཥྚ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒹𑒭𑓂𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨄𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- (“to move”). Cognate with Latin cieō (“move, stir”) and citus (“fast”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐjʂʈ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕeːʂʈ/

Root

चेष्ट् • (ceṣṭ)

1. to move, stir, move the limbs
2. to make an effort, strive, struggle
3. to active, busy or occupied with
4. to act, do, perform, care for
5. to prepare

Derived terms

• आचेष्टते (āceṣṭate, “perform”)
• आचेष्टित (āceṣṭita, “undertaken”)
• चेष्ट (ceṣṭa)
• चेष्टति (ceṣṭati)
• चेष्टा (ceṣṭā, “action, activity, effort, exertion”)
• विचेष्टति (viceṣṭati, “exert oneself, struggle”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “चेष्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0402.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “चेष्ट्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 049

• Uhlenbeck, C. C. (1898–1899), “céṣṭati”, in Kurzgefasstes etymologisches Wörterbuch der altindischen Sprache (in German), Amsterdam: Johannes Müller, page 93
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “चेष्ट्”, 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