कच्छेष्ट

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 23 May 2022

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কচ্ছেষ্ট (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬘ᭄ᬙᬾᬱ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
• কচ্ছেষ্ট (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰸𑰬𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀱𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• ကစ္ဆေၑ္ဋ (Burmese script)
• કચ્છેષ્ટ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਚ੍ਛੇਸ਼੍ਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦕ꧀ꦖꦺꦰ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂵𑂭𑂹𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಚ್ಛೇಷ್ಟ (Kannada script)
• កច្ឆេឞ្ដ (Khmer script)
• ກຈ຺ເຉຩ຺ຏ (Lao script)
• കച്ഛേഷ്ട (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢜᡮᡝᢢᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢋᠼᠧᢔᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧚𑧌𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐾𑐲𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
• କଚ୍ଛେଷ୍ଟ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢗ꣄ꢘꢾꢰ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆼𑆰𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖸𑖬𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
• කච‍්ඡෙෂ‍්ට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩔𑪀 𑪙𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚲𑚶𑚔 (Takri script)
• கச்சே²ஷ்ட (Tamil script)
• కచ్ఛేష్ట (Telugu script)
• กจฺเฉษฺฏ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཙྪེ་ཥྚ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒹𑒭𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨄𑨯𑩇𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of कच्छ (kaccha, “bank; shore”) +‎ इष्ट (iṣṭa, “dear”), literally “dear to the shore”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐt̪ˈt͡ɕʰeːʂ.ʈɐ/, [kɐt̪̚ˈt͡ɕʰeːʂ.ʈɐ]

Noun

कच्छेष्ट • (kaccheṣṭa) stem, m (Classical Sanskrit)

1. tortoise

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:कूर्म

   • c. 1400 – 1600, Rājanighaṇṭu 19.93.2:

     कच्छेष्टः पल्वलावासो वृत्तः कठिनपृष्ठकः ॥

     kaccheṣṭaḥ palvalāvāso vṛttaḥ kaṭhinapṛṣṭhakaḥ.

     The tortoise, the palvalāvāsa [pond-dweller], the vṛtta [round], the kaṭhinapṛṣṭhaka [hard-backed] […]

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कच्छेष्ट (kaccheṣṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कच्छेष्टः kaccheṣṭaḥ	कच्छेष्टौ kaccheṣṭau	कच्छेष्टाः kaccheṣṭāḥ
Vocative	कच्छेष्ट kaccheṣṭa	कच्छेष्टौ kaccheṣṭau	कच्छेष्टाः kaccheṣṭāḥ
Accusative	कच्छेष्टम् kaccheṣṭam	कच्छेष्टौ kaccheṣṭau	कच्छेष्टान् kaccheṣṭān
Instrumental	कच्छेष्टेन kaccheṣṭena	कच्छेष्टाभ्याम् kaccheṣṭābhyām	कच्छेष्टैः kaccheṣṭaiḥ
Dative	कच्छेष्टाय kaccheṣṭāya	कच्छेष्टाभ्याम् kaccheṣṭābhyām	कच्छेष्टेभ्यः kaccheṣṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	कच्छेष्टात् kaccheṣṭāt	कच्छेष्टाभ्याम् kaccheṣṭābhyām	कच्छेष्टेभ्यः kaccheṣṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	कच्छेष्टस्य kaccheṣṭasya	कच्छेष्टयोः kaccheṣṭayoḥ	कच्छेष्टानाम् kaccheṣṭānām
Locative	कच्छेष्टे kaccheṣṭe	कच्छेष्टयोः kaccheṣṭayoḥ	कच्छेष्टेषु kaccheṣṭeṣu

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “कच्छेष्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 243, column 1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “kaccheṣṭa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.