चेष्ट्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Root

चेष्ट् • (ceṣṭ)

  1. to move, stir, move the limbs
  2. to make an effort, strive, struggle
  3. to active, busy or occupied with
  4. to act, do, perform, care for
  5. to prepare

Derived terms

  • चेष्ट (ceṣṭa)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “चेष्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0402.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “चेष्ट्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 049
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चेष्ट्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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