शिक्षमाण

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćíkša-mHna-s, middle present participle of *ćíkš- (“to learn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱek- (“to be able”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬆𐬨𐬥𐬀 (sixšəmna, “learned”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕík.ʂɐ.mɑː.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕik.ʂɐˈmɑː.ɳɐ/

शिक्षमाण • (śíkṣamāṇa) stem

1. present middle participle of शिक्ष् (śikṣ); learning, learned
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.103.5:

     यदे॑षाम॒न्यो अ॒न्यस्य॒ वाचं॑ शा॒क्तस्ये॑व॒ वद॑ति॒ शिक्ष॑माणः ।
     सर्वं॒ तदे॑षां स॒मृधे॑व॒ पर्व॒ यत्सु॒वाचो॒ वद॑थ॒नाध्य॒प्सु ॥

     yádeṣāmanyó anyásya vā́caṃ śāktásyeva vádati śíkṣamāṇaḥ.
     sárvaṃ tádeṣāṃ samṛ́dheva párva yátsuvā́co vádathanā́dhyapsú.

     When one of these imitates the other's speech , like he who learns the lesson of the teacher,
     Your every limb seems to be growing larger as ye converse with eloquence on the waters.

• Pali: sikkhamāna
• → Chinese: 式叉摩那 (shìchàmónà) (from the feminine शिक्षमाणा (śikṣamāṇā))

• Monier Williams (1899) “शिक्षमाण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1070.