bhakṣ

Dictionary meanings for bhakṣ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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bhakṣ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

10 U. (bhakṣayati-te, bhakṣita) 1 To eat, devour; yathāmiṣaṃ jale matsyai- rbhakṣyate śvāpadairbhāvi Pt. 1.

2 To use up, consume.

3 To waste, destroy.

4 [Page0805-c+ 52] To bite.

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

(prob. a secondary form fr. bhaj, or Nom. fr. bhakṣ/a; cf. also bhikṣ and bhañj) cl.10 P. (Dha1tup. xxxii, 22) bhakṣ/ayati (rarely A1. te), and in later language also cl.1 P. A1. (Dha1tup. xxi, 27) bhakṣati, te (pf. bhakṣayām āsa MBh. &c fut. bhakṣayiṣyati,... m. drinking or eating, drink or (in later language) food RV. &c &c (often ifc., with f (A)., having anything for food or beverage, eating, drinking, living...

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