# तक्षशिला
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /t̪ək.ʂə.ʃɪ.lɑː/, [t̪ɐk.ʃɐ.ʃɪ.läː]

### Proper noun

तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) f (Urdu spelling تکشیلا)
* Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
* Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā).

### Proper noun

तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) f
* Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
* Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* তক্ষশিলা (Assamese script)
* ᬢᬓ᭄ᬱᬰᬶᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
* তক্ষশিলা (Bengali script)
* 𑰝𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰫𑰰𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀰𑀺𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* တက္ၑၐိလာ (Burmese script)
* તક્ષશિલા (Gujarati script)
* ਤਕ੍ਸ਼ਸ਼ਿਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌶𑌿𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦠꦏ꧀ꦰꦯꦶꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂞𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂬𑂱𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ತಕ್ಷಶಿಲಾ (Kannada script)
* តក្ឞឝិលា (Khmer script)
* ຕກ຺ຩຨິລາ (Lao script)
* തക്ഷശിലാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢠᠠᡬᢢᠠᡧᡳᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘝𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘫𑘱𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢐᠠᢉᢔᠠᠱᠢᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦽𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧋𑧒𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐟𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐱𑐶𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
* ତକ୍ଷଶିଲା (Odia script)
* ꢡꢒ꣄ꢰꢯꢶꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆠𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆯𑆴𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖝𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖫𑖰𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
* තක්‍ෂශිලා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩫𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩿𑩑𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚙𑚊𑚶𑚧𑚮𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
* தக்ஷஶிலா (Tamil script)
* తక్షశిలా (Telugu script)
* ตกฺษศิลา (Thai script)
* ཏ་ཀྵ་ཤི་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒞𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒬𑒱𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨙𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨮𑨁𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of तक्ष (takṣa) +‎ शिला (śilā, “stone”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t̪ɐk.ʂɐ.ɕi.l̪ɑː/

### Proper noun

तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) stem, f
* Takshashila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
* Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀢𑀔𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸 (takhasilā /⁠takkhasilā⁠/)
* Gandhari: 𐨟𐨐𐨿‫𐨮𐨭𐨁𐨫 (tak‫ṣaśila‬)
* Pali: Takkasilā
** → Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ် (takka.suil)
*** Pa'o Karen: တက္ကသိုလ်ႏ
*** → Shan: တၵ်ႈၵသူဝ်ႇ (tāk kǎ sò) / တၵ်ႉၵသူဝ်ႇ (tâ̰k kǎ sò)
* Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਤਕਸ਼ਿਲਾ (takśilā)
    Shahmukhi script: ٹیکسلا (ṭekslā)
* → Ancient Greek: Τάξιλα (Táxila)
** → Latin: Taxila
** → English: Taxila
*** → Urdu: ٹیکسلا
* → Gujarati: તક્ષશિલા (takṣaśilā)
* → Hindi: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
* → Maithili: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
* → Marathi: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
* → Nepali: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)

### References

* “तक्षशिला” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 193, column 2.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तक्षशिला”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 105
* Monier Williams (1899) “तक्षशिला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431, column 3.
* Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 362