क्षेषत्

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṭṣáysat, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáysat, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱéy-s-e-t, from *tḱey- (to cultivate, settle, live). Cognate with Latin sīrīs.

Pronunciation

Verb

क्षेषत् • (kṣeṣat)

  1. third-person singular aorist active subjunctive of क्षि (kṣi, to dwell, stay, reside)
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.3.1:
      अग्ने स क्षेषदृतपा ऋतेजा उरु ज्योतिर्नशते देवयुष्टे।
      यं त्वं मित्रेण वरुणः सजोषा देव पासि त्यजसा मर्तमंहः॥
      agne sa kṣeṣadṛtapā ṛtejā uru jyotirnaśate devayuṣṭe.
      yaṃ tvaṃ mitreṇa varuṇaḥ sajoṣā deva pāsi tyajasā martamaṃhaḥ.
      TRUE, guardian of the Law, thy faithful servant wins ample light and dwells in peace, O Agni,
      Whom thou, as Varuṇa in accord with Mitra, guardest, O God, by banishing his trouble.

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