चष्टे
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চষ্টে (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬱ᭄ᬝᬾ (Balinese script)
- চষ্টে (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- စၑ္ဋေ (Burmese script)
- ચષ્ટે (Gujarati script)
- ਚਸ਼੍ਟੇ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍇 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦰ꧀ꦛꦺ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂵 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಷ್ಟೇ (Kannada script)
- ចឞ្ដេ (Khmer script)
- ຈຩ຺ເຏ (Lao script)
- ചഷ്ടേ (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᢢᢞᡝ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘹 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᢔᢌᠧ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐲𑑂𑐚𑐾 (Newa script)
- ଚଷ୍ଟେ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢰ꣄ꢜꢾ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆰𑇀𑆛𑆼 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖸 (Siddham script)
- චෂ්ටෙ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑪀 𑪙𑩦𑩔 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚶𑚔𑚲 (Takri script)
- சஷ்டே (Tamil script)
- చష్టే (Telugu script)
- จษฺเฏ (Thai script)
- ཙ་ཥྚེ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒭𑓂𑒙𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćáṣtay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáštay,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéḱ-s-ti, from *kʷeḱ- (“to see”). Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬈 (cašte).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ́ʂ.ʈɐj/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐʂ.ʈeː/
Verb
चष्टे • (cáṣṭe) third-singular indicative (class 2, type A, present, root चक्ष्)
- to see, look
- to appear
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.74.2:
- हव एषामसुरो नक्षत द्यां श्रवस्यता मनसा निंसत क्षाम् ।
चक्षाणा यत्र सुविताय देवा द्यौर्न वारेभिः कृणवन्त स्वैः ॥- hava eṣāmasuro nakṣata dyāṃ śravasyatā manasā niṃsata kṣām.
cakṣāṇā yatra suvitāya devā dyaurna vārebhiḥ kṛṇavanta svaiḥ. - Their call, the call of Gods, went up to heaven: they kissed the ground with glory-seeking spirit,
There where the Gods look on for happy fortune, and like the kindly heavens bestow their bounties.
- hava eṣāmasuro nakṣata dyāṃ śravasyatā manasā niṃsata kṣām.
- हव एषामसुरो नक्षत द्यां श्रवस्यता मनसा निंसत क्षाम् ।
- to tell, inform
Conjugation
| Present: चष्टे (cáṣṭe) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | Mediopassive | ||||||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Indicative | |||||||
| Third | - - |
- - |
- - |
चष्टे cáṣṭe |
चक्षाते cákṣāte |
चक्षते cákṣate | |
| Second | - - |
- - |
- - |
चक्षे cákṣe |
चक्षाथे cákṣāthe |
चड्ढ्वे cáḍḍhve | |
| First | - - |
- - |
- - |
चक्षे cákṣe |
चक्ष्वहे cákṣvahe |
चक्ष्महे cákṣmahe | |
| Imperative | |||||||
| Third | - - |
- - |
- - |
चष्टाम् cáṣṭām |
चक्षाताम् cákṣātām |
चक्षताम् cákṣatām | |
| Second | - - |
- - |
- - |
चक्ष्व cákṣva |
चक्षाथाम् cákṣāthām |
चड्ढ्वम् cáḍḍhvam | |
| First | - - |
- - |
- - |
चक्षै cákṣai |
चक्षावहै cákṣāvahai |
चक्षामहै cákṣāmahai | |
| Optative/Potential | |||||||
| Third | - - |
- - |
- - |
चक्षीत cákṣīta |
चक्षीयाताम् cákṣīyātām |
चक्षीरन् cákṣīran | |
| Second | - - |
- - |
- - |
चक्षीथाः cákṣīthāḥ |
चक्षीयाथाम् cákṣīyāthām |
चक्षीध्वम् cákṣīdhvam | |
| First | - - |
- - |
- - |
चक्षीय cákṣīya |
चक्षीवहि cákṣīvahi |
चक्षीमहि cákṣīmahi | |
| Subjunctive | |||||||
| Third | - - |
- - |
- - |
चक्षते / चक्षातै cákṣate / cákṣātai |
चक्षैते cákṣaite |
चक्षन्त / चक्षान्तै cákṣanta / cákṣāntai | |
| Second | - - |
- - |
- - |
चक्षसे / चक्षासै cákṣase / cákṣāsai |
चक्षैथे cákṣaithe |
चक्षध्वे / चक्षाध्वै cákṣadhve / cákṣādhvai | |
| First | - - |
- - |
- - |
चक्षै cákṣai |
चक्षावहै cákṣāvahai |
चक्षामहै cákṣāmahai | |
| Participles | |||||||
| - - |
चक्षाण cákṣāṇa | ||||||
| Notes |
| ||||||
| Imperfect: अचष्ट (ácaṣṭa) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | Mediopassive | |||||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Indicative | ||||||
| Third | - - |
- - |
- - |
अचष्ट ácaṣṭa |
अचक्षाताम् ácakṣātām |
अचक्षत ácakṣata |
| Second | - - |
- - |
- - |
अचष्ठाः ácaṣṭhāḥ |
अचक्षाथाम् ácakṣāthām |
अचड्ढ्वम् ácaḍḍhvam |
| First | - - |
- - |
- - |
अचक्षि ácakṣi |
अचक्ष्वहि ácakṣvahi |
अचक्ष्महि ácakṣmahi |
References
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “चष्टे”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 381, 382.