चक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• চক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• စက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• ચક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ចក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຈກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ചക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଚକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• චක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• சக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• చక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• จกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• ཙ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”). Related to काश् (kāś, “to shine, appear”), though probably not derived from it via reduplication.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐkʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐkʂ/

Root

चक्ष् • (cakṣ)

1. to appear, become visible
2. to see, look at, observe, notice
3. to tell, inform
4. to take anyone (acc.) for (acc.)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चक्ष् (0 c, 5 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चक्ष् not found

Primary Verbal Forms

• चष्टे (cáṣṭe, Present)
• चक्षति (cakṣati, Present)
• चचक्ष (cacákṣa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• चक्ष्यते (cakṣyate, Passive)
• चक्षयति (cakṣayati, Causative)

Non-Finite Forms

• चक्षित (cakṣita, Past Participle)
• चष्टुम् (caṣṭum, Infinitive)
• चक्षसे (cákṣase, Infinitive)
• चक्षे (cákṣe, Infinitive)
• चक्ष्य (cákṣya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• चक्षण (cákṣaṇa)
• चक्षस् (cákṣas)
• चक्षणि (cakṣáṇi)
• चक्षु (cákṣu)
• चक्षुस् (cákṣus)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुचक्ष् (anucakṣ)
• अभिचक्ष् (abhicakṣ)
• अवचक्ष् (avacakṣ)
• आचक्ष् (ācakṣ)
• परिचक्ष् (paricakṣ)
• प्रचक्ष् (pracakṣ)
• प्रतिचक्ष् (praticakṣ)
• विचक्ष् (vicakṣ)
• व्याचक्ष् (vyācakṣ)
• संचक्ष् (saṃcakṣ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 381, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 44
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CAKṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 523
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “cakṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.