तक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• তক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• તક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• តក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• തക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• තක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• தக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• తక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• ตกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• ཏ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *taṭṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *taćš-, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to hew, create”). Cognate with Latin texō (“to weave”) (whence English text, textile), Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē) (whence English techno-), and Serbo-Croatian те̏сла (tesla, “adze”). See also तक्षन् (takṣan, “carpenter”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐkʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐkʂ/

Root

तक्ष् • (takṣ)

1. to form by cutting, plane, chisel, chop
2. to cut, split
3. to fashion, form (out of wood etc.), make, create
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.29.15:

     इन्द्र॒ ब्रह्म॑ क्रि॒यमा॑णा जुषस्व॒ या ते॑ शविष्ठ॒ नव्या॒ अक॑र्म ।
     वस्त्रे॑व भ॒द्रा सुकृ॑ता वसू॒यू रथं॒ न धीरः॒ स्वपा॑ अतक्षम् ॥

     índra bráhma kriyámāṇā juṣasva yā́ te śaviṣṭha návyā ákarma.
     vástreva bhadrā́ súkṛtā vasūyū́ ráthaṃ ná dhī́raḥ svápā atakṣam.

     O, mighty Indra, accept the prayers which we are about to offer, and the present praises which we repeat; firm, doing pious acts, and desirous of wealth; I have made acceptable and pious works like rich garments, and chariots.

4. to form in the mind, invent
5. make able or prepare for
6. (mathematics) to reduce by dividing

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तक्ष् (0 c, 4 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तक्ष् (2 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• तक्षति (tákṣati, Present)
• ताष्टि (tā́ṣṭi, Present)
• अतक्षत् (átakṣat, Present)
• अताष्ट् (átāṣṭ, Present)
• तक्षेत् (tákṣet, Optative Mood)
• तक्ष्यति (takṣyáti, Future)
• तक्ष्यते (takṣyáte, Future)
• तष्टा (taṣṭā́, Periphrastic Future)
• ततक्ष (tatákṣa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• तक्ष्यते (takṣyáte, Passive)
• तक्षयति (takṣáyati, Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

• तक्ष (tákṣa)
• तक्षक (takṣaka)
• तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “तक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0431/3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तक्ष्”, 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 059
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “तक्ष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 638
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1058”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1058