Takkasilā

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• तक्कसिला (Devanagari script)
• তক্কসিলা (Bengali script)
• තක‍්කසිලා (Sinhalese script)
• တက္ကသိလာ or တၵ္ၵသိလႃ or တၵ်ၵသိလႃ (Burmese script)
• ตกฺกสิลา or ตักกะสิลา (Thai script)
• ᨲᨠ᩠ᨠᩈᩥᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕກ຺ກສິລາ or ຕັກກະສິລາ (Lao script)
• តក្កសិលា (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄇𑄴𑄇𑄥𑄨𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā, “City of Cut Stone”). Compare Gandhari 𐨟𐨐𐨿‫𐨮𐨭𐨁𐨫 (tak‫ṣaśila‬).

Proper noun

Takkasilā f

1. Taxila (a city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan).
2. Taxila (an ancient city)

Descendants

• → Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ် (takka.suil)
  • Pa'o Karen: တက္ကသိုလ်ႏ
  • → Shan: တၵ်ႈၵသူဝ်ႇ (tāk kǎ sò) / တၵ်ႉၵသူဝ်ႇ (tâ̰k kǎ sò)