ख्या

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • क्शा (kśā)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Phonetic variant of क्शा (kśā), related to काश् (kāś), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ-.

Pronunciation

Root

ख्या • (khyā)

  1. to look (at), seem
  2. (passive voice) to be named, be known, be announced to

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ख्या (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ख्या (6 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • ख्याति (khyāti) (Present)
  • ख्यास्यति (khyāsyáti) (Future)
  • अख्यत् (ákhyat) (Aorist)
  • चख्यौ (cakhyau) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • ख्यायते (khyāyate) (Passive)
  • अख्यायि (akhyāyi) (Passive Aorist)
  • ख्यापयति (khyāpayati) (Causative)
  • ख्याप्यते (khyāpyate) (Passive of Causative)
Non-Finite Forms
  • ख्यात (khyātá) (Past Participle)
  • ख्यातुम् (khyā́tum) (Infinitive)
  • ख्येय (khyeya) (Gerundive)
  • ख्यातव्य (khyātavya) (Gerundive)
  • ख्यापित (khyāpita) (Causative Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • ख्यातृ (khyātṛ́)
  • ख्यान (khyāna)
Prefixed Root Forms

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ख्या”, 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
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “khyā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 420-1; 456-7
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “khyā”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 278