क्षापयति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ḍẓʰaHpáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰ-eh₁ (“to burn”). Compare Pali jhāpeti, Ashokan Prakrit 𑀛𑀸𑀧𑀬𑀺𑀢𑀯𑀺𑀬𑁂 (jhāpayitaviye, “ought to be burnt”, gerundive).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɑː.pɐ́.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʂɑː.pɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

क्षापयति • (kṣāpáyati) third-singular indicative (class 10, type P, causative, root क्षै)

1. to burn, singe
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 12.5.44:

     विवाहां ज्ञातीन्त्सर्वान् अपि क्षापयति ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यस्य क्षत्रियेणापुनर्दीयमाना ॥

     vivāhāṃ jñātīntsarvān api kṣāpayati brahmagavī brahmajyasya kṣatriyeṇāpunardīyamānā.

     If the Brāhman's cow, not restored by the Kshatriya [who stole it], it burns down the marriages and all the kinsmen of the Brāhman's oppressor.

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: [script needed] (chawun, “to cook vegetables”)
• Northwestern:
  • Sindhi: [script needed] (khā̃iṇu, “to burn, to cause envy”)