चष्टे
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćáṣtay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáštay[1], from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéḱ-s-ti, from *kʷeḱ- (“to see”). Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬈 (cašte).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ́ʂ.ʈɐj/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐʂ.ʈeː/
Verb
चष्टे • (cáṣṭe) (root चक्ष्, class 2 Ā) (Vedic cáṣṭai)
- to see, look
- 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.
- hava eṣāmasuro nakṣata dyāṃ śravasyatā manasā niṃsata kṣām .
- to tell, inform
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “चष्टे”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages 381, 382.
- Kobayashi, Masato (2004) Historical Phonology of Old Indo-Aryan Consonants (Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa Monograph Series; 42), Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, →ISBN