Which ancient learning centre takes its name from the sanskrit for city of cutstone?

Takshashila (तक्ष - शिला). In Sanskrit, 'Taksha' means 'carving or cutting through meditation and learning' and 'shila' means 'stone' or 'rock'. The Anglicised version of Takshashila is Taxila. Takshashila was also an ancient Vedic site.