तक्ष्

From Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to create; cut”).

Cognates include 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 05.029.15:

     índra bráhma kriyámāṇā juṣasva yā́ te śaviṣṭha náviyā ákarma
     vástreva bhadrā́ súkr̥tā vasūyū́ ráthaṃ ná dhī́raḥ suápā atakṣam

     Indra, accept the prayers which now are offered, accept the new prayers, Mightiest! which we utter.
     Like fair and well-made robes, I, seeking riches, as a deft craftsman makes a car, have wrought them.

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

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