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takṣतक्ष्cl. 1. P. °kṣati (ep. also Ā. impf. tákṣat, átakṣat, [RV.]; rarely cl. 2. 3.pl. tákṣati [[Pāṇ. vii, 1, 39]; [Pat.]] [RV. i, 162, 6]; impf. [aor.?] atakṣma, 2. pl. ataṣṭa, [RV.]; once cl. 5. [takṣṇoti, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 76]] Pot. °kṣṇuyur, [Lāṭy. viii]; see also apa-; aor., atakṣīt, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 7], [Kāś.]; 3. pl. °kṣiṣur, [RV. i, 130, 6]; Subj. takṣiṣat [[Pāṇ. iii, 4, 7], [Kāś.]], [ŚāṅkhŚr. vii]; pf. tatákṣa, once Ā. °kṣé, [RV. v, 33, 4]; [3] pl. °kṣúr, [RV.] (8 times), &c., once takṣur, [ii, 19, 8]; 2. du. takṣathur, [x, 39, 4]; pr. p. f. tákṣatī, [i, 164, 41]; pf. Pass. p. taṣṭá See s.v.) to form by cutting, plane, chisel, chop, [RV.] &c.; to cut, split, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Hcar.]; to fashion, form (out of wood &c.), make, create, [RV.]; [AV.]; to form in the mind, invent, [RV.]; to make (any one young; double acc.), make able or prepare for (dat.), [RV.]; (in math.) to reduce by dividing, [Gol. xiii, 14 ff.]; [Līl.] &c.; = √ tvac, [Dhātup. xvii, 13]; to, skin, [ib.] : Caus. takṣayati (aor. atatakṣat), [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93], [Kāś.]; cf. tvakṣ.
‘paring’, See kāṣṭha-.
takṣaतक्षmfn. ‘cutting through’, see tapas-
m. ifc. = °kṣan, [VarBṛS. lxxxvii, 20] and [24] (cf. kauṭa-, grāma-)
N. of a Nāga (cf. °kṣaka), [Kauś.]
of a son [of Bharata, [R. vii, 100 f.]; [Ragh. xv, 89]; [BhP. ix, 11, 12]; (also °kṣaka); of Vṛka, [24, 42]].
in comp. for °kṣan,
takṣṇīतक्ष्णीtákṣṇī f. g. gaurādi (not in [Gaṇar.])
takṣanतक्षन्tákṣan m. (Ved. acc. °kṣaṇam, class. °kṣaṇam, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 9], [Kāś.]) a wood-cutter, carpenter, τέκτων [RV. ix, 112, 1]; [AV. x, 6, 3]; [VS.] &c.
N. of a teacher, [ŚBr. ii, 3, 1, 31]
takṣyaतक्ष्यtákṣya mfn. to be formed, [RV. viii, 102, 8.]
takṣaṇīतक्षणीf. an instrument for cutting or paring, [L.]
takṣaṇaतक्षणm. a cutter, abrader, [W.]
(in math.) the divisor employed to reduce a quantity, [W.]
n. cutting, paring, peeling, abrading, [KātyŚr. xxii, 6]; [Gaut. i, 29]; [Mn. v, 115] &c.
(N. of a Kalā), [Vātsyāy. i, 3, 17]
dividing in order to reduce a quantity, [Līl.]
takṣakaतक्षकtakṣaká m. ([Pāṇ. viii, 2, 29], [Kāś.]) ‘a cutter’, see kāṣṭha-, vṛkṣa-
a carpenter, [L.]
Viśvakarman, [L.]
the Sūtra-dhāra or speaker in the prelude of a drama, [L.], Sch.
N. of a tree, [L.]
of a Nāga prince (cf. °kṣa), [AV. viii, 10, 29]; [TāṇḍyaBr. xxv, 15]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ. iv, 18, 1]; [Kauś.]; [MBh.] &c.
of a son of Prasena-jit, [BhP. ix, 12, 8]
See also °kṣa.
takṣiṇīतक्षिणीf. = °kṣaṇī, [L.]
takṣitṛतक्षितृmfn. a cutter, [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 29], [Kāś.]
takṣavatतक्षवत्takṣa—vat mfn. ? (for kṣata-v°?), [MBh. ii, 23, 18],
takṣaśilāतक्षशिलाtakṣa—śilā f. ([Pāṇ. iv, 3, 93]; g. varaṇādi) Τάξιλα city of the Gandhāras (residence of Takṣa, [R. vii, 101, 11]), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Buddh.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Kathās. lxix]
takṣaśilaतक्षशिलtakṣa—śila m. pl. the inhabitants of °lā, [VarBṛS. x, 8] and (in comp.), [xvi, 26]
takṣakīyāतक्षकीयाf. N. of a place g. 2. naḍādi.
takṣakarmanतक्षकर्मन्takṣa—karman n. carpenter's work, [ĀśvŚr. ii, 1, 13], Sch.
takṣāyaskāraतक्षायस्कारn. sg. a carpenter and a blacksmith, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 10], [Kāś.]
takṣaśilāvatīतक्षशिलावतीtakṣa—śi°lā-vatī f. N. of a locality g. madhv-ādi.
takṣarathakāraतक्षरथकारtákṣa—rathakārá (ták°), m. du. a carpenter and a cartwright, [MaitrS. iv, 3, 8.]