क्षापयति

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ḍẓʰaHpáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰ-eh₁ (“to burn”). Compare Pali jhāpeti, Ashokan Prakrit 𑀛𑀸𑀧𑀬𑀺𑀢𑀯𑀺𑀬𑁂 (jhāpayitaviye, “ought to be burnt”, gerundive).

Pronunciation

Verb

क्षापयति • (kṣāpáyati) third-singular indicative (class 10, type P, causative, root क्षै)

  1. to burn, singe
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 12.5.44:
      विवाहां ज्ञातीन्त्सर्वान् अपि क्षापयति ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यस्य क्षत्रियेणापुनर्दीयमाना ॥
      vivāhāṃ jñātīntsarvān api kṣāpayati brahmagavī brahmajyasya kṣatriyeṇāpunardīyamānā.
      If the Brāhman's cow, not restored by the Kshatriya , it burns down the marriages and all the kinsmen of the Brāhman's oppressor.

Descendants

  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: (chawun, “to cook vegetables”)
  • Northwestern:
    • Sindhi: (khā̃iṇu, “to burn, to cause envy”)
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