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Cesht, Ceṣṭ: 9 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Ceṣṭ can be transliterated into English as Cest or Cesht, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ceṣṭ (चेष्ट्).�1 Ā. (ṣṭٱ, ṣṭٲ)

1) To move about, stir, be active, show signs of life; यद� � देवो जागर्त� तदेद� चेष्टत� जगत् (yad sa devo jgarti tadeda� ṣṭٱ jagat) Manusmṛti 1.52; Mlatīmdhava (Bombay) 8.8; Ś.6.27.

2) To make effort, endeavour, exert oneself, struggle.

3) To perform, do (anything).

4) To frequent.

5) To behave, act. With वि (vi)

1) to stir, move, be in motion, move about.

2) to act, behave.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ceṣṭ (चेष्ट्).—[ceṣṭa] r. 1st cl. (ṣṭٱ) To act or perform functions, duties, &c., to strive, to endeavour, to be busy or follow any particular avocation. E. bhv--saka-se� .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ceṣṭ (चेष्ट्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.], [Ātmanepada.] 1. To struggle, to move in convulsions, Mahbhrata 3, 2542. 2. To stir, [ѲٲDZԲ] 22. 3. To strive, Mahbhrata 6, 3642. 4. To perform, Mahbhrata 13, 4676. 5. To act, [Bhagavadgīt, (ed. Schlegel.)] 3, 13. 6. To frequent, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 9, 51. Ptcple of the pf. pass. ṣṭٲ, n. 1. Motion, gesture, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 8, 25. 2. Action, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 2, 4. Comp. Dus-, n. acting perversely, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 1, 72. [Causal.] [Parasmaipada.] and [Ātmanepada.] 1. To cause to move, Mahbhrata 3, 13981. 2. To impel, [峾ⲹṇa] 6, 94, 24.

� With the prep. ati ati, To strive too much, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] i. [distich] 170.

� With , To perform, [Daśakumracarita] in Chr. 197, 1.

� With pari pari, To welter, [峾ⲹṇa] 4, 19, 32.

� With vi vi, 1. To stretch, Mahbhrata 7, 3168. 2. To struggle against, [Draupadīpramtha] 9, 3. 3. To move in convulsions, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 77, 20. 4. To surround, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 10200. 5. To move, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 54, 10. 6. To struggle, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 66, 21. 7. To act, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 8, 334. viṣṭٲ, n. 1. Action, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 95, 16. 2. Evil or malicious act (i. e. ṣṭٲ, with vi).

� With sam sam, 1. To shrink up, Mahbhrata 7, 3168. 2. To crowd together (from fear), Mahbhrata 5, 1855. 3. To strive, Mahbhrata 3, 2923.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ceṣṭ (चेष्ट्).�ṣṭپ ṣṭٱ [participle] ṣṭٲ (q.v.) move the limbs, stir, exert one’s self, be active or busy, be engaged in ([accusative]); act or behave towards ([locative]); make, do, perform. [Causative] ceṣṭaⲹپ, te set in motion, impel.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ceṣṭ (चेष्ट्):—[class] 1. ṣṭپ, te (inf ṭiٳܳ) to move the limbs, move, stir, [Mahbhrata; 峾ⲹṇa; Bhgavata-purṇa; Śakuntal];

—to make effort, exert one’s self, struggle, strive, be active, [Atharva-veda xi, 4, 23 f.; Śatapatha-brhmaṇa iii; Lṭyyana; Kauśika-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Mahbhrata];

—to be busy or occupied with ([accusative]);

—to act, do, perform, care for, [Gobhila-śrddha-kalpa i, 6, 19; Mahbhrata; 峾ⲹṇa; Śakuntal; Rjataraṅgiṇ� iii, 493];

—to prepare, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa xiv, 9, 4, 18] ([indeclinable participle] ceṣṭitv) :

‰ڰ䲹ܲ ṭaⲹپ, te ([Aorist] ṣṭ [Bhaṭṭi-kvya xv, 60] or acac, [Pṇini 7-4, 96]) to cause to move, set in motion, impel, drive, [Śṅkhyana-śrauta-sūtra viii, 9, 3; Manu-smṛti xii, 15; Mahbhrata; 峾ⲹṇa; Suśruta iv, 32, 17.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ceṣṭ (चेष्ट्):�(ṅa) ṣṭٱ 1. d. To act or perform functions, to strive, try, seek.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ceṣṭ (चेष्ट्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ṭṭ.

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