पिंशति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • পিংশতি (Assamese script)
  • ᬧᬶᬂᬰᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
  • পিংশতি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰰𑰽𑰫𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑀺𑀁𑀰𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • ပိံၐတိ (Burmese script)
  • પિંશતિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਪਿਂਸ਼ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌪𑌿𑌂𑌶𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • ꦥꦶꦁꦯꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂣𑂱𑂁𑂬𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
  • ಪಿಂಶತಿ (Kannada script)
  • បិំឝតិ (Khmer script)
  • ປິໍຨຕິ (Lao script)
  • പിംശതി (Malayalam script)
  • ᢀ᠋ᢒᡳᡧᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘢𑘱𑘽𑘫𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᢀ᠋ᢒᠢᠱᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧂𑧒𑧞𑧋𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑐶𑑄𑐱𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ପିଂଶତି (Odia script)
  • ꢦꢶꢀꢯꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑆴𑆁𑆯𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖰𑖽𑖫𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • පිංශති (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩰𑩑𑪖𑩿𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚞𑚮𑚫𑚧𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
  • பிஂஶதி (Tamil script)
  • పింశతి (Telugu script)
  • ปิํศติ (Thai script)
  • པིཾ་ཤ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑒱𑓀𑒬𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨞𑨁𑨸𑨮𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pi-né-ḱ-ti ~ *pi-n-ḱ-énti (“to cut, hew, cut out”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *finhlōną (“to file, polish”), whence English file.

Pronunciation

Verb

पिंशति • (piṃśáti) third-singular indicative (class 6, type P, root पिश्)

  1. to cut, carve, hew, trim
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.161.10:
      श्रो॒णाम् एक॑ उद॒कं गाम् अवा॑जति मां॒सम् एकः॑ पिंशति सू॒नयाभृ॑तं ।
      आ नि॒म्रुचः॒ शकृ॒द् एको॒ अपा॑भर॒त्...
      śroṇā́m éka udakáṃ gā́m ávājati māṃsám ékaḥ piṃśati sūnáyā́bhṛtaṃ.
      ā́ nimrúcaḥ śákṛd éko ápābharat...
      One of them leads the crippled cow to the water, another trims the flesh brought on the carving-board
      Another one carried off the dung till evening...
  2. to carve out, to fashion, to form, to shape
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.110.8.1:
      निश् चर्म॑ण ऋभवो॒ गाम् अ॑पिंशत॒ सं व॒त्सेना॑सृजता मा॒तरं॒ पुनः॑ ।
      níś cármaṇa ṛbhavo gā́m apiṃśata sáṃ vatsénāsṛjatā mātáraṃ púnaḥ.
      Out of skin, O Ṛbhus, once ye formed a cow, and brought the mother close unto her calf again.
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