चक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (to see, look). Related to काश् (kāś, to shine, appear), possibly via reduplication.

Pronunciation

Root

चक्ष् • (cakṣ)

  1. to appear, become visible
  2. to see, look at, observe, notice
  3. to tell, inform
  4. to take anyone (acc.) for (acc.)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चक्ष् (0 c, 5 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चक्ष् not found
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
  • चक्ष्यते (cakṣyate) (Passive)
  • चक्षयति (cakṣayati) (Causative)
Non-Finite Forms
  • चक्षित (cakṣita) (Past Participle)
  • चष्टुम् (caṣṭum) (Infinitive)
  • चक्षसे (cákṣase) (Infinitive)
  • चक्षे (cákṣe) (Infinitive)
  • चक्ष्य (cákṣya) (Gerundive)
Derived Nominal Forms
Prefixed Root Forms
  • अनुचक्ष् (anucakṣ)
  • अभिचक्ष् (abhicakṣ)
  • अवचक्ष् (avacakṣ)
  • आचक्ष् (ācakṣ)
  • परिचक्ष् (paricakṣ)
  • प्रचक्ष् (pracakṣ)
  • प्रतिचक्ष् (praticakṣ)
  • विचक्ष् (vicakṣ)
  • व्याचक्ष् (vyācakṣ)
  • संचक्ष् (saṃcakṣ)

References

  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “cakṣ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 113-4
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CAKṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 523
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “cakṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.