तक्षशिला
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ək.ʂə.ʃɪ.lɑː/, [t̪ɐk.ʃɐ.ʃɪ.läː]
Proper noun
तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) f (Urdu spelling تکشیلا)
- Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
- Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | तक्षशिला takṣaśilā |
| oblique | तक्षशिला takṣaśilā |
| vocative | तक्षशिला takṣaśilā |
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā).
Proper noun
तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) f
- Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
- Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তক্ষশিলা (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬓ᭄ᬱᬰᬶᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
- তক্ষশিলা (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰫𑰰𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀰𑀺𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- တက္ၑၐိလာ (Burmese script)
- તક્ષશિલા (Gujarati script)
- ਤਕ੍ਸ਼ਸ਼ਿਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌶𑌿𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦏ꧀ꦰꦯꦶꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂬𑂱𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ತಕ್ಷಶಿಲಾ (Kannada script)
- តក្ឞឝិលា (Khmer script)
- ຕກ຺ຩຨິລາ (Lao script)
- തക്ഷശിലാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᡬᢢᠠᡧᡳᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘫𑘱𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢉᢔᠠᠱᠢᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧋𑧒𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐱𑐶𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
- ତକ୍ଷଶିଲା (Odia script)
- ꢡꢒ꣄ꢰꢯꢶꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆯𑆴𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖫𑖰𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
- තක්ෂශිලා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩿𑩑𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚊𑚶𑚧𑚮𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
- தக்ஷஶிலா (Tamil script)
- తక్షశిలా (Telugu script)
- ตกฺษศิลา (Thai script)
- ཏ་ཀྵ་ཤི་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒬𑒱𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨮𑨁𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of तक्ष (takṣa) + शिला (śilā, “stone”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɐk.ʂɐ.ɕi.l̪ɑː/
Proper noun
तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) stem, f
- Takshashila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
- Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā) |
| accusative | तक्षशिलाम् (takṣaśilām) |
| instrumental | तक्षशिलया (takṣaśilayā) |
| dative | तक्षशिलायै (takṣaśilāyai) |
| ablative | तक्षशिलायाः (takṣaśilāyāḥ) |
| genitive | तक्षशिलायाः (takṣaśilāyāḥ) |
| locative | तक्षशिलायाम् (takṣaśilāyām) |
| vocative | तक्षशिले (takṣaśile) |
Descendants
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀢𑀔𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸 (takhasilā /takkhasilā/)
- Gandhari: 𐨟𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨭𐨁𐨫 (takṣaśila)
- Pali: Takkasilā
- → Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ် (takka.suil)
- Pa'o Karen: တက္ကသိုလ်ႏ
- → Shan: တၵ်ႈၵသူဝ်ႇ (tāk kǎ sò) / တၵ်ႉၵသူဝ်ႇ (tâ̰k kǎ sò)
- → Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ် (takka.suil)
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਤਕਸ਼ਿਲਾ (takśilā)
- Shahmukhi script: ٹیکسلا (ṭekslā)
- → Ancient Greek: Τάξιλα (Táxila)
- → Gujarati: તક્ષશિલા (takṣaśilā)
- → Hindi: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
- → Maithili: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
- → Marathi: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
- → Nepali: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
References
- “तक्षशिला” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 193, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तक्षशिला”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 105
- Monier Williams (1899) “तक्षशिला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431, column 3.
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 362
