क्षेषत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ক্ষেষত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬱᬾᬱᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ক্ষেষত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰸𑰬𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁂𑀱𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• က္ၑေၑတ် (Burmese script)
• ક્ષેષત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌷𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦰꦺꦰꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂵𑂭𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ಷೇಷತ್ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឞេឞត៑ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ເຩຩຕ຺ (Lao script)
• ക്ഷേഷത് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᢢᡝᢢᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘹𑘬𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢔᠧᢔᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧚𑧌𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐾𑐲𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଷେଷତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢰꢾꢰꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆼𑆰𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖸𑖬𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ෂෙෂත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩔𑪀𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚲𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்ஷேஷத் (Tamil script)
• క్షేషత్ (Telugu script)
• กฺเษษตฺ (Thai script)
• ཀྵེ་ཥ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒹𑒭𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨄𑨯𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṭṣáysat, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáysat, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱéy-s-e-t, from *tḱey- (“to cultivate, settle, live”). Cognate with Latin sīrīs.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɐ́j.ʂɐt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʂeː.ʂɐt̪/

Verb

क्षेषत् • (kṣeṣat)

1. third-person singular aorist active subjunctive of क्षि (kṣi, “to dwell, stay, reside”)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.3.1:

     अग्ने स क्षेषदृतपा ऋतेजा उरु ज्योतिर्नशते देवयुष्टे।
     यं त्वं मित्रेण वरुणः सजोषा देव पासि त्यजसा मर्तमंहः॥

     agne sa kṣeṣadṛtapā ṛtejā uru jyotirnaśate devayuṣṭe.
     yaṃ tvaṃ mitreṇa varuṇaḥ sajoṣā deva pāsi tyajasā martamaṃhaḥ.

     TRUE, guardian of the Law, thy faithful servant wins ample light and dwells in peace, O Agni,
     Whom thou, as Varuṇa in accord with Mitra, guardest, O God, by banishing his trouble.

References

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 643