जक्षत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ʰagẓʰ-, reduplication of the root *ȷ́ʰas- (“to laugh”); whence also हसति (hasati). Also compare Pali jagghati (“he laughs, ridicules”).

Pronunciation

Participle

जक्षत् • (jákṣat)

  1. present participle of जक्ष् (jakṣ); laughing
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.33.7:
      त्वमेतान्रुदतो जक्षतश्चायोधयो रजस इन्द्र पारे ।
      tvametānrudato jakṣataścāyodhayo rajasa indra pāre .
      Whether they weep or laugh, thou hast o’erthrown them, O Indra, on the sky's extremest limit.
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