(prob. a secondary form fr.bhaj-,or Nom.fr. bhakṣ/a-; see alsobhikṣ-and bhañj-) cl.10 P. () bhakṣ/ayati- (rarely A1.te-), and in later language also cl.1 P. A1. () bhakṣati-, te- (perfect tensebhakṣayām āsa- etc. futurebhakṣayiṣyati-, te-; Aoristababhakṣat-; Passive voiceabhakṣi-; infinitive moodbhakṣayitum-, kṣitum-; ind.p.bhakṣayitvā-; -bhakṣya-; -bhakṣam-), to eat or drink, devour, partake of (with accusative,in Vedic or Veda also with genitive case;in the older language usually of fluids, in the later only exceptionally so) etc. ; to sting, bite ; to consume, use up, waste, destroy etc. ; to drain the resources of, impoverish : Causalbhakṣ/ayati-See above ; to cause anything (accusative) to be eaten by (accusative or instrumental case) Va1rtt. 7 : Desiderativebibhakṣiṣati- or kṣayiṣati-, to wish to eat or devour (seebibhakṣayiṣu-).
भक्ष् 1 U. (भक्षयति-ते, भक्षित) 1 To eat, devour; यथामिषं जले मत्स्यैर्भक्ष्यते श्वापदैर्भुवि Pt.1. -2 To use up, consume. -3 To waste, destroy. -4 To bite.
verb (class 4 parasmaipada) to bite (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to cause anything (acc.) to be eaten by (acc. or instr.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to consume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to destroy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to devour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to drain the resources of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to drink (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to eat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to impoverish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to partake of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to sting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to use up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to waste (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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