चष्टे

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চষ্টে (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬱ᭄ᬝᬾ (Balinese script)
• চষ্টে (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• စၑ္ဋေ (Burmese script)
• ચષ્ટે (Gujarati script)
• ਚਸ਼੍ਟੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦰ꧀ꦛꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಷ್ಟೇ (Kannada script)
• ចឞ្ដេ (Khmer script)
• ຈຩ຺ເຏ (Lao script)
• ചഷ്ടേ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᢢᢞᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᢔᢌᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐲𑑂𑐚𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଚଷ୍ଟେ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢰ꣄ꢜꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆰𑇀𑆛𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖸 (Siddham script)
• චෂ‍්ටෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑪀 𑪙𑩦𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚶𑚔𑚲 (Takri script)
• சஷ்டே (Tamil script)
• చష్టే (Telugu script)
• จษฺเฏ (Thai script)
• ཙ་ཥྚེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒭𑓂𑒙𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćáṣtay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáštay, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéḱ-s-ti, from *kʷeḱ- (“to see”). Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬈 (cašte).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ́ʂ.ʈɐj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐʂ.ʈeː/

Verb

चष्टे • (cáṣṭe) third-singular indicative (class 2, type A, present, root चक्ष्)

1. to see, look
2. to appear
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.74.2:

     हव एषामसुरो नक्षत द्यां श्रवस्यता मनसा निंसत क्षाम् ।
     चक्षाणा यत्र सुविताय देवा द्यौर्न वारेभिः कृणवन्त स्वैः ॥

     hava eṣāmasuro nakṣata dyāṃ śravasyatā manasā niṃsata kṣām.
     cakṣāṇā yatra suvitāya devā dyaurna vārebhiḥ kṛṇavanta svaiḥ.

     Their call, the call of Gods, went up to heaven: they kissed the ground with glory-seeking spirit,
     There where the Gods look on for happy fortune, and like the kindly heavens bestow their bounties.

3. to tell, inform

Conjugation

Present: चष्टे (cáṣṭe)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	चष्टे cáṣṭe	चक्षाते cákṣāte	चक्षते cákṣate
Second	- -	- -	- -	चक्षे cákṣe	चक्षाथे cákṣāthe	चड्ढ्वे cáḍḍhve
First	- -	- -	- -	चक्षे cákṣe	चक्ष्वहे cákṣvahe	चक्ष्महे cákṣmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	चष्टाम् cáṣṭām	चक्षाताम् cákṣātām	चक्षताम् cákṣatām
Second	- -	- -	- -	चक्ष्व cákṣva	चक्षाथाम् cákṣāthām	चड्ढ्वम् cáḍḍhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	चक्षै cákṣai	चक्षावहै cákṣāvahai	चक्षामहै cákṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	चक्षीत cákṣīta	चक्षीयाताम् cákṣīyātām	चक्षीरन् cákṣīran
Second	- -	- -	- -	चक्षीथाः cákṣīthāḥ	चक्षीयाथाम् cákṣīyāthām	चक्षीध्वम् cákṣīdhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	चक्षीय cákṣīya	चक्षीवहि cákṣīvahi	चक्षीमहि cákṣīmahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	चक्षते / चक्षातै cákṣate / cákṣātai	चक्षैते cákṣaite	चक्षन्त / चक्षान्तै cákṣanta / cákṣāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	चक्षसे / चक्षासै cákṣase / cákṣāsai	चक्षैथे cákṣaithe	चक्षध्वे / चक्षाध्वै cákṣadhve / cákṣādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	चक्षै cákṣai	चक्षावहै cákṣāvahai	चक्षामहै cákṣāmahai
Participles
	- -			चक्षाण cákṣāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अचष्ट (ácaṣṭa)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अचष्ट ácaṣṭa	अचक्षाताम् ácakṣātām	अचक्षत ácakṣata
Second	- -	- -	- -	अचष्ठाः ácaṣṭhāḥ	अचक्षाथाम् ácakṣāthām	अचड्ढ्वम् ácaḍḍhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अचक्षि ácakṣi	अचक्ष्वहि ácakṣvahi	अचक्ष्महि ácakṣmahi

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “चष्टे”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 381, 382.