कच्छेष्ट

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of कच्छ (kaccha, bank; shore) +‎ इष्ट (iṣṭa, dear), literally dear to the shore.

Pronunciation

Noun

कच्छेष्ट (kaccheṣṭa) stemm (Classical Sanskrit)

  1. tortoise
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:कूर्म
    • c. 1400 – 1600, Rājanighaṇṭu 19.93.2:
      कच्छेष्टः पल्वलावासो वृत्तः कठिनपृष्ठकः ॥
      kaccheṣṭaḥ palvalāvāso vṛttaḥ kaṭhinapṛṣṭhakaḥ.
      The tortoise, the palvalāvāsa , the vṛtta , the kaṭhinapṛṣṭhaka

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कच्छेष्ट (kaccheṣṭa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कच्छेष्टः
kaccheṣṭaḥ
कच्छेष्टौ
kaccheṣṭau
कच्छेष्टाः
kaccheṣṭāḥ
Vocative कच्छेष्ट
kaccheṣṭa
कच्छेष्टौ
kaccheṣṭau
कच्छेष्टाः
kaccheṣṭāḥ
Accusative कच्छेष्टम्
kaccheṣṭam
कच्छेष्टौ
kaccheṣṭau
कच्छेष्टान्
kaccheṣṭān
Instrumental कच्छेष्टेन
kaccheṣṭena
कच्छेष्टाभ्याम्
kaccheṣṭābhyām
कच्छेष्टैः
kaccheṣṭaiḥ
Dative कच्छेष्टाय
kaccheṣṭāya
कच्छेष्टाभ्याम्
kaccheṣṭābhyām
कच्छेष्टेभ्यः
kaccheṣṭebhyaḥ
Ablative कच्छेष्टात्
kaccheṣṭāt
कच्छेष्टाभ्याम्
kaccheṣṭābhyām
कच्छेष्टेभ्यः
kaccheṣṭebhyaḥ
Genitive कच्छेष्टस्य
kaccheṣṭasya
कच्छेष्टयोः
kaccheṣṭayoḥ
कच्छेष्टानाम्
kaccheṣṭānām
Locative कच्छेष्टे
kaccheṣṭe
कच्छेष्टयोः
kaccheṣṭayoḥ
कच्छेष्टेषु
kaccheṣṭeṣu

Further reading

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कच्छेष्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 243, column 1.
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “kaccheṣṭa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.