विचेष्टति
Sanskrit
Etymology
From वि- (vi-) + चेष्टति (ceṣṭati).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋi.t͡ɕɐjʂ.ʈɐ.t̪i/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ʋiˈt͡ɕeːʂ.ʈɐ.t̪i/
Verb
विचेष्टति • (viceṣṭati) (root विचेष्ट्, class 1 P)
- to exert oneself, to struggle
- Daṇḍin, Daśa-kumāra-carita :
- अन्यदा निकृत्तपाणिपादकर्णनासिकमवनिपृष्ठे विचेष्टमानं पुरुषमद्राक्षित्
- anyadā nikṛttapāṇipādakarṇanāsikamavanipṛṣṭhe viceṣṭamānaṃ puruṣamadrākṣit
- One day he saw a man mutilated in (his) hand, foot, ear and nose struggling flat on the ground
- अन्यदा निकृत्तपाणिपादकर्णनासिकमवनिपृष्ठे विचेष्टमानं पुरुषमद्राक्षित्
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “विचेष्टति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0959.