Takkasilā
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- तक्कसिला (Devanagari script)
- তক্কসিলা (Bengali script)
- තක්කසිලා (Sinhalese script)
- တက္ကသိလာ or တၵ္ၵသိလႃ or တၵ်ၵသိလႃ (Burmese script)
- ตกฺกสิลา or ตักกะสิลา (Thai script)
- ᨲᨠ᩠ᨠᩈᩥᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ຕກ຺ກສິລາ or ຕັກກະສິລາ (Lao script)
- តក្កសិលា (Khmer script)
- 𑄖𑄇𑄴𑄇𑄥𑄨𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā, “City of Cut Stone”). Compare Gandhari 𐨟𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨭𐨁𐨫 (takṣaśila).
Proper noun
Takkasilā f
- Taxila (a city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan).
- Taxila (an ancient city)
Descendants
- → Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ် (takka.suil)
- → Shan: တၵ်ႈၵသူဝ်ႇ (tāk kǎ sò) / တၵ်ႉၵသူဝ်ႇ (tâ̰k kǎ sò)