अवेक्षते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

অৱেক্ষতে (Assamese script)
ᬅᬯᬾᬓ᭄ᬱᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
অবেক্ষতে (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰪𑰸𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀯𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
အဝေက္ၑတေ (Burmese script)
અવેક્ષતે (Gujarati script)
ਅਵੇਕ੍ਸ਼ਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌵𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦮꦺꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂫𑂵𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ಅವೇಕ್ಷತೇ (Kannada script)
អវេក្ឞតេ (Khmer script)
ອເວກ຺ຩເຕ (Lao script)
അവേക്ഷതേ (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠸᡝᡬᢢᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘪𑘹𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᠠᠸᠧᢉᢔᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧊𑧚𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐰𑐾𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ଅଵେକ୍ଷତେ (Odia script)
ꢂꢮꢾꢒ꣄ꢰꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆮𑆼𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖪𑖸𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
අවෙක්‍ෂතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩾𑩔𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚦𑚲𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
அவேக்ஷதே (Tamil script)
అవేక్షతే (Telugu script)
อเวกฺษเต (Thai script)
ཨ་ཝེ་ཀྵ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒫𑒹𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨭𑨄𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwa

Sanskrit अव (ava)

Sanskrit अव- (ava-)

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷsder.

Sanskrit ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate)

Sanskrit अवेक्षते (avekṣate)

From अव- (ava-) + ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.ʋɐjk.ʂɐ.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʋeːk.ʂɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

अवे॑क्षते • (ávekṣate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, present, root अवेक्ष्)^[1]^[2]

to look at
to perceive, observe
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.79.9:
  अव॒ यत्स्वे स॒धस्थे॑ दे॒वानां॑ दुर्म॒तीरीक्षे॑ ।
  राज॒न्नप॒ द्विषः॑ सेध॒ मीढ्वो॒ अप॒ स्रिधः॑ सेध ॥
  áva yátsvé sadhásthe devā́nāṃ durmatī́rī́kṣe.
  rā́jannápa dvíṣaḥ sedha mī́ḍhvo ápa srídhaḥ sedha.
  1890 translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith
  When in my dwelling-place I see the wicked enemies of Gods, King, chase their hatred far away, thou Bounteous One, dispel our foes.
to regard

Conjugation

Present: अवेक्षते (ávekṣate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षते ávekṣate	अवेक्षेते ávekṣete	अवेक्षन्ते ávekṣante
Second	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षसे ávekṣase	अवेक्षेथे ávekṣethe	अवेक्षध्वे ávekṣadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षे ávekṣe	अवेक्षावहे ávekṣāvahe	अवेक्षामहे ávekṣāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षताम् ávekṣatām	अवेक्षेताम् ávekṣetām	अवेक्षन्ताम् ávekṣantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षस्व ávekṣasva	अवेक्षेथाम् ávekṣethām	अवेक्षध्वम् ávekṣadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षै ávekṣai	अवेक्षावहै ávekṣāvahai	अवेक्षामहै ávekṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षेत ávekṣeta	अवेक्षेयाताम् ávekṣeyātām	अवेक्षेरन् ávekṣeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षेथाः ávekṣethāḥ	अवेक्षेयाथाम् ávekṣeyāthām	अवेक्षेध्वम् ávekṣedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षेय ávekṣeya	अवेक्षेवहि ávekṣevahi	अवेक्षेमहि ávekṣemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षाते / अवेक्षातै ávekṣāte / ávekṣātai	अवेक्षैते ávekṣaite	अवेक्षन्त / अवेक्षान्तै ávekṣanta / ávekṣāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षासे / अवेक्षासै ávekṣāse / ávekṣāsai	अवेक्षैथे ávekṣaithe	अवेक्षाध्वै ávekṣādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	अवेक्षै ávekṣai	अवेक्षावहै ávekṣāvahai	अवेक्षामहै ávekṣāmahai
Participles
	- -			अवेक्षमाण ávekṣamāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀯𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (vekhati /⁠vekkhati⁠/) (with aphesis, but compare वीक्ष॑ते (vī́kṣate))
- Pali: avekkhati, ⇒ vekkhiya
- Prakrit: 𑀅𑀯𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (avĕkkhaï), 𑀅𑀯𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (avikkhaï), 𑀯𑁂𑀳𑀇 (vehaï)
  - Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    - Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਵੇਖਣਾ (vekhṇā)
      Shahmukhi script: ویکھݨا (vekhṇā)
    - Saraiki: ویکھَݨ (vekhaṇ)

References

^ Monier Williams (1899), “अवेक्षते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 111, अवेक्ष्.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ávēkṣatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 39

[1] Monier Williams (1899), “अवेक्षते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 111, अवेक्ष्.

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ávēkṣatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 39

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