तक्षशिला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā, “City of Cut Stone”), from तक्ष (takṣa) +‎ शिला (śilā, “stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ək.ʂə.ʃɪ.lɑː/, [t̪ɐk.ʃɐ.ʃɪ.läː]

Proper noun

तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) f (Urdu spelling ٹیکسلا)

1. Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
2. Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)

Declension

Declension of तक्षशिला (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	तक्षशिला takṣaśilā
oblique	तक्षशिला takṣaśilā
vocative	तक्षशिला takṣaśilā

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā, “City of Cut Stone”), from तक्ष (takṣa) +‎ शिला (śilā́, “stone”).

Proper noun

तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) f

1. Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
2. Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তক্ষশিলা (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬓ᭄ᬱᬰᬶᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• তক্ষশিলা (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰫𑰰𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀰𑀺𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• တက္ၑၐိလာ (Burmese script)
• તક્ષશિલા (Gujarati script)
• ਤਕੑਸ਼ਸ਼ਿਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌶𑌿𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦏ꧀ꦰꦯꦶꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂬𑂱𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ತಕ್ಷಶಿಲಾ (Kannada script)
• តក្ឞឝិលា (Khmer script)
• ຕກ຺ຩຨິລາ (Lao script)
• തക്ഷശിലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᡬᢢᠠᡧᡳᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘫𑘱𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢉᢔᠠᠱᠢᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧋𑧒𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐱𑐶𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ତକ୍ଷଶିଲା (Odia script)
• ꢡꢒ꣄ꢰꢯꢶꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆯𑆴𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖫𑖰𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• තක්‍ෂශිලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩿𑩑𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚊𑚶𑚧𑚮𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• தக்ஷஶிலா (Tamil script)
• తక్షశిలా (Telugu script)
• ตกฺษศิลา (Thai script)
• ཏ་ཀྵ་ཤི་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒬𑒱𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨮𑨁𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of तक्ष (takṣa) +‎ शिला (śilā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐk.ʂɐ.ɕi.lɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐk.ʂɐ.ɕi.l̪ɑː/

Noun

तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) stem, f

1. Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀢𑀔𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸 (takhasilā /⁠takkhasilā⁠/)
• Gandhari: 𐨟𐨐𐨿‫𐨮𐨭𐨁𐨫 (tak‫ṣaśila‬)
• Pali: Takkasilā
  • → Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ် (takka.suil)
    • Pa'o Karen: တက္ကသိုလ်ႏ
    • → Shan: တၵ်ႈၵသူဝ်ႇ (tāk kǎ sò) / တၵ်ႉၵသူဝ်ႇ (tâ̰k kǎ sò)
• Punjabi: ਤਕਸ਼ਿਲਾ (takśilā) / ٹیکسلا (ṭekslā)
• Urdu: ٹیکسلا
• → Ancient Greek: Τάξιλα (Táxila)
  • → English: Taxila
  • → Latin: Taxila
• → Gujarati: તક્ષશિલા (takṣaśilā)
• → Hindi: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
• → Maithili: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
• → Marathi: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
• → Nepali: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)

References

• “तक्षशिला” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 193, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तक्षशिला”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 105
• Monier Williams (1899) “तक्षशिला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431, column 3.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 362