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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তক্ষ (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
- তক্ষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- တက္ၑ (Burmese script)
- તક્ષ (Gujarati script)
- ਤਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
- ತಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
- តក្ឞ (Khmer script)
- ຕກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
- തക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
- ତକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
- තක්ෂ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
- தக்ஷ (Tamil script)
- తక్ష (Telugu script)
- ตกฺษ (Thai script)
- ཏ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root तक्ष् (takṣ, “to cut”) + -अ (-a).
Pronunciation
Noun
तक्ष • (takṣa) stem, m
- carpenter
- cutter
Declension
Proper noun
तक्ष • (takṣa) stem, m
- (Hinduism), N. of a son of Bharata, who established the city of Takshashila.
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “तक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431, column 3.
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “तक्ष”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]