तक्ष्

From Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to create; cut”). Cognate with Latin texō (“weave”) whence English text, textile; Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē) whence English techno-, and Serbo-Croatian те̏сла (tesla, “adze”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐkʂ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐkʂ/

तक्ष् • (takṣ)

1. to form by cutting, plane, chisel, chop
2. to cut, split
3. to fashion, form (out of wood etc.), make, create
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.29.15:

     इन्द्र॒ ब्रह्म॑ क्रि॒यमा॑णा जुषस्व॒ या ते॑ शविष्ठ॒ नव्या॒ अक॑र्म ।
     वस्त्रे॑व भ॒द्रा सुकृ॑ता वसू॒यू रथं॒ न धीरः॒ स्वपा॑ अतक्षम् ॥

     índra bráhma kriyámāṇā juṣasva yā́ te śaviṣṭha návyā ákarma.
     vástreva bhadrā́ súkṛtā vasūyū́ ráthaṃ ná dhī́raḥ svápā atakṣam.

     O, mighty Indra, accept the prayers which we are about to offer, and the present praises which we repeat; firm, doing pious acts, and desirous of wealth; I have made acceptable and pious works like rich garments, and chariots.

4. to form in the mind, invent
5. make able or prepare for

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• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 059
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