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

Verb

चष्टे • (cáṣṭe) (root चक्ष्, class 2, type A, present)

  1. to see, look
  2. 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.
  3. to tell, inform

References
  1. 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
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