Takkasilā

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • तक्कसिला (Devanagari script)
  • তক্কসিলা (Bengali script)
  • තක‍්කසිලා (Sinhalese script)
  • တက္ကသိလာ (Burmese script)
  • ตกฺกสิลา (Thai script)
  • ᨲᨠ᩠ᨠᩈᩥᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • តក្កសិលា (Khmer script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā, “City of Cut Stone”). Compare Gandhari 𐨟𐨐𐨿‫𐨮𐨭𐨁𐨫‬‎ (tak‫ṣaśila‬).

Proper noun

Takkasilā f

  1. Taxila (a city in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan).
  2. Taxila (an ancient city)
Descendants
  • → Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ် (takka.suil)
    • → Shan: တၵ်ႈၵသူဝ်ႇ (tāk kǎ sò) / တၵ်ႉၵသူဝ်ႇ (tâ̰k kǎ sò)
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