तक्षशिला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā, “City of Cut Stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ək.ʂə.ʃɪ.lɑː/, [t̪ɐk.ʃɐ.ʃɪ.läː]

Proper noun

तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) f (Urdu spelling تکشیلا)

1. Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
2. Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)

Declension

Declension of तक्षशिला (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	तक्षशिला takṣaśilā
oblique	तक्षशिला takṣaśilā
vocative	तक्षशिला takṣaśilā

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā, “City of Cut Stone”).

Proper noun

तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) f

1. Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
2. Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তক্ষশিলা (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬓ᭄ᬱᬰᬶᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• তক্ষশিলা (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰫𑰰𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀰𑀺𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• တက္ၑၐိလာ (Burmese script)
• તક્ષશિલા (Gujarati script)
• ਤਕ੍ਸ਼ਸ਼ਿਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌶𑌿𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦏ꧀ꦰꦯꦶꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂬𑂱𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ತಕ್ಷಶಿಲಾ (Kannada script)
• តក្ឞឝិលា (Khmer script)
• ຕກ຺ຩຨິລາ (Lao script)
• തക്ഷശിലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᡬᢢᠠᡧᡳᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘫𑘱𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢉᢔᠠᠱᠢᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧋𑧒𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐱𑐶𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ତକ୍ଷଶିଲା (Odia script)
• ꢡꢒ꣄ꢰꢯꢶꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆯𑆴𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖫𑖰𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• තක්‍ෂශිලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩿𑩑𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚊𑚶𑚧𑚮𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• தக்ஷஶிலா (Tamil script)
• తక్షశిలా (Telugu script)
• ตกฺษศิลา (Thai script)
• ཏ་ཀྵ་ཤི་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒬𑒱𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨮𑨁𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of तक्ष (takṣa, “cutter”) +‎ शिला (śilā, “stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐk.ʂɐ.ɕi.l̪ɑː/

Proper noun

तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) stem, f

1. Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
2. Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तक्षशिला takṣaśilā	तक्षशिले takṣaśile	तक्षशिलाः takṣaśilāḥ
Vocative	तक्षशिले takṣaśile	तक्षशिले takṣaśile	तक्षशिलाः takṣaśilāḥ
Accusative	तक्षशिलाम् takṣaśilām	तक्षशिले takṣaśile	तक्षशिलाः takṣaśilāḥ
Instrumental	तक्षशिलया takṣaśilayā	तक्षशिलाभ्याम् takṣaśilābhyām	तक्षशिलाभिः takṣaśilābhiḥ
Dative	तक्षशिलायै takṣaśilāyai	तक्षशिलाभ्याम् takṣaśilābhyām	तक्षशिलाभ्यः takṣaśilābhyaḥ
Ablative	तक्षशिलायाः takṣaśilāyāḥ	तक्षशिलाभ्याम् takṣaśilābhyām	तक्षशिलाभ्यः takṣaśilābhyaḥ
Genitive	तक्षशिलायाः takṣaśilāyāḥ	तक्षशिलयोः takṣaśilayoḥ	तक्षशिलानाम् takṣaśilānām
Locative	तक्षशिलायाम् takṣaśilāyām	तक्षशिलयोः takṣaśilayoḥ	तक्षशिलासु takṣaśilāsu

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀢𑀔𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸 (takhasilā /⁠takkhasilā⁠/)
• Gandhari: 𐨟𐨐𐨿‫𐨮𐨭𐨁𐨫 (tak‫ṣaśila‬)
• Pali: Takkasilā
  • → Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ် (takka.suil)
    • Pa'o Karen: တက္ကသိုလ်ႏ
    • → Shan: တၵ်ႈၵသူဝ်ႇ (tāk kǎ sò) / တၵ်ႉၵသူဝ်ႇ (tâ̰k kǎ sò)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਤਕਸ਼ਿਲਾ (takśilā)

  Shahmukhi script: ٹیکسلا (ṭekslā)

• Urdu: ٹیکسلا
• → Ancient Greek: Τάξιλα (Táxila)
  • → English: Taxila
  • → Latin: Taxila
• → Gujarati: તક્ષશિલા (takṣaśilā)
• → Hindi: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
• → Maithili: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
• → Marathi: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
• → Nepali: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)

References

• “तक्षशिला” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 193, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तक्षशिला”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 105
• Monier Williams (1899) “तक्षशिला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431, column 3.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 362