तक्षन्

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

তক্ষন্ (Assamese script)
ᬢᬓ᭄ᬱᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
তক্ষন্ (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
တက္ၑန် (Burmese script)
તક્ષન્ (Gujarati script)
ਤਕ੍ਸ਼ਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦠꦏ꧀ꦰꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂞𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ತಕ್ಷೝ (Kannada script)
តក្ឞន៑ (Khmer script)
ຕກ຺ຩນ຺ (Lao script)
തക്ഷന് (Malayalam script)
ᢠᠠᡬᢢᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
𑘝𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢐᠠᢉᢔᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
𑦽𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ତକ୍ଷନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢡꢒ꣄ꢰꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
තක්‍ෂන් (Sinhalese script)
𑩫𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚙𑚊𑚶𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
தக்ஷந் (Tamil script)
తక్షౝ (Telugu script)
ตกฺษนฺ (Thai script)
ཏ་ཀྵ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨙𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *táṭṣā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *táćšā (“carpenter, woodcutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *tétḱō (“idem”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “carpenter”), Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬥 (tašan).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́k.ʂɐn/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐk.ʂɐn̪/

Noun

तक्षन् • (tákṣan) stem, m

a carpenter
Synonyms: छेदि (chédi), त्वष्टृ (tváṣṭṛ)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.112.1:
  नानानं वा उ नो धियो वि व्रतानि जनानाम्।
  तक्षा रिष्टं रुतं भिषग्ब्रह्मा सुन्वन्तमिच्छतीन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव॥
  nānānaṃ vā u no dhiyo vi vratāni janānām.
  takṣā riṣṭaṃ rutaṃ bhiṣagbrahmā sunvantamicchatīndrāyendo pari srava.
  WE all have various thoughts and plans, and diverse are the ways of men.
  The Brahman seeks the worshipper, wright seeks the cracked, and leech the maimed. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
a woodcutter

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of तक्षन् (tákṣan)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तक्षा tákṣā	तक्षाणौ / तक्षाणा¹ tákṣāṇau / tákṣāṇā¹	तक्षाणः tákṣāṇaḥ
Vocative	तक्षन् tákṣan	तक्षाणौ / तक्षाणा¹ tákṣāṇau / tákṣāṇā¹	तक्षाणः tákṣāṇaḥ
Accusative	तक्षाणम् tákṣāṇam	तक्षाणौ / तक्षाणा¹ tákṣāṇau / tákṣāṇā¹	तक्ष्णः tákṣṇaḥ
Instrumental	तक्ष्णा tákṣṇā	तक्षभ्याम् tákṣabhyām	तक्षभिः tákṣabhiḥ
Dative	तक्ष्णे tákṣṇe	तक्षभ्याम् tákṣabhyām	तक्षभ्यः tákṣabhyaḥ
Ablative	तक्ष्णः tákṣṇaḥ	तक्षभ्याम् tákṣabhyām	तक्षभ्यः tákṣabhyaḥ
Genitive	तक्ष्णः tákṣṇaḥ	तक्ष्णोः tákṣṇoḥ	तक्ष्णाम् tákṣṇām
Locative	तक्ष्णि / तक्षणि / तक्षन्¹ tákṣṇi / tákṣaṇi / tákṣan¹	तक्ष्णोः tákṣṇoḥ	तक्षसु tákṣasu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Hindi: तखान (takhān) (rare)
- Urdu: تکھان (takhān)
Punjabi: (intrusive r)
- Gurmukhi script: ਤਰਖਾਣ (tarkhāṇ)
- Shahmukhi script: تَرکھاݨ (tarkhāṇ)
→ Tamil: தச்சன் (taccaṉ)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “tákṣan-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 613-4

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899) “तक्षन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431/3.

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