प्रचष्टे

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra-

Sanskrit प्र- (pra-)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáštay

Sanskrit चष्टे (caṣṭe)

Sanskrit प्रचष्टे

From प्र- (pra-) + चष्टे (caṣṭe, “to see”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.t͡ɕɐʂ.ʈɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.t͡ɕɐʂ.ʈeː/

Verb

प्रचष्टे • (pracaṣṭe) third-singular indicative (class 2, type A, present, root प्रचक्ष्)^[1]

to consider, regard, suppose
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.1.29.1:
  युगस्यादौ निमित्तं तन् महद् दिव्यं प्रचक्षते ।
  yugasyādau nimittaṃ tan mahad divyaṃ pracakṣate.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to tell
to call, name

Conjugation

Present: प्रचष्टे (pracaṣṭe)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	प्रचष्टे pracaṣṭe	प्रचक्षाते pracakṣāte	प्रचक्षते pracakṣate
Second	- -	- -	- -	प्रचक्षे pracakṣe	प्रचक्षाथे pracakṣāthe	प्रचड्ढ्वे pracaḍḍhve
First	- -	- -	- -	प्रचक्षे pracakṣe	प्रचक्ष्वहे pracakṣvahe	प्रचक्ष्महे pracakṣmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	प्रचष्टाम् pracaṣṭām	प्रचक्षाताम् pracakṣātām	प्रचक्षताम् pracakṣatām
Second	- -	- -	- -	प्रचक्ष्व pracakṣva	प्रचक्षाथाम् pracakṣāthām	प्रचड्ढ्वम् pracaḍḍhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	चक्षै॑ cákṣai	चक्षा॑वहै cákṣāvahai	चक्षा॑महै cákṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	प्रचक्षीत pracakṣīta	प्रचक्षीयाताम् pracakṣīyātām	प्रचक्षीरन् pracakṣīran
Second	- -	- -	- -	प्रचक्षीथाः pracakṣīthāḥ	प्रचक्षीयाथाम् pracakṣīyāthām	प्रचक्षीध्वम् pracakṣīdhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	प्रचक्षीय pracakṣīya	प्रचक्षीवहि pracakṣīvahi	प्रचक्षीमहि pracakṣīmahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	चक्ष॑ते / चक्षा॑तै cákṣate / cákṣātai	चक्षै॑ते cákṣaite	चक्ष॑न्त / चक्षा॑न्तै cákṣanta / cákṣāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	चक्ष॑से / चक्षा॑सै cákṣase / cákṣāsai	चक्षै॑थे cákṣaithe	चक्ष॑ध्वे / चक्षा॑ध्वै cákṣadhve / cákṣādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	चक्षै॑ cákṣai	चक्षा॑वहै cákṣāvahai	चक्षा॑महै cákṣāmahai
Participles
	- -			प्रचक्षाण pracakṣāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Descendants

>? Prakrit: *𑀧𑀘𑀸𑀳𑀇 (*pacāhaï)^[2]
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  - >? Odia: ପାଇବା (pāibā, “to suit”)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  - Sindhi: پَهَڻُ / पहणु (pahaṇu)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
  - Old Marathi: पाणे / 𑘢𑘰𑘜𑘹 (pāṇe), पाहणे / 𑘢𑘰𑘮𑘜𑘹 (pāhaṇe), पाहाणे / 𑘢𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (pāhāṇe)
    - Marathi: पाहणे (pāhṇe, “to see”), पाहिजे (pāhije, modal auxiliary)

References

^ Monier Williams (1899), “प्रचक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 656.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*pracāh”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 482

[1] Monier Williams (1899), “प्रचक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 656.

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*pracāh”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 482

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