चेष्टा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • চেষ্টা (Assamese script)
  • ᬘᬾᬱ᭄ᬝᬵ (Balinese script)
  • চেষ্টা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰓𑰸𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀘𑁂𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • စေၑ္ဋာ (Burmese script)
  • ચેષ્ટા (Gujarati script)
  • ਚੇਸ਼੍ਟਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌚𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦕꦺꦰ꧀ꦛꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂒𑂵𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಚೇಷ್ಟಾ (Kannada script)
  • ចេឞ្ដា (Khmer script)
  • ເຈຩ຺ຏາ (Lao script)
  • ചേഷ്ടാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᢜᡝᢢᢞᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘓𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᢋᠧᢔᢌᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦳𑧚𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐔𑐾𑐲𑑂𑐚𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ଚେଷ୍ଟା (Odia script)
  • ꢗꢾꢰ꣄ꢜꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆖𑆼𑆰𑇀𑆛𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖓𑖸𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • චෙෂ‍්ටා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩡𑩔𑪀 𑪙𑩦𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚏𑚲𑚶𑚔𑚭 (Takri script)
  • சேஷ்டா (Tamil script)
  • చేష్టా (Telugu script)
  • เจษฺฏา (Thai script)
  • ཙེ་ཥྚཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒔𑒹𑒭𑓂𑒙𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨣𑨄𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root चेष्ट् (ceṣṭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

चेष्टा • (ceṣṭā) stem, ?

  1. motion, movement
  2. gesture, action
  3. effort, exertion
  4. behaviour
  5. action, deed, performing

Descendants
  • → Malayalam: ചേഷ്ട (cēṣṭa)
  • → Telugu: చేష్ట (cēṣṭa)

References
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “चेष्टा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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