I. 5. P. (śakroti, śakta) 1 To be able, be competent for, have power to, effect (usually with an inf. and translateable by ‘can’); adarśayan vaktumaśaknuvatyaḥ śākhābhirāva- rjitapallavāṃbhiḥ R. 13. 24, Bk. 3. 6; Me. 20; sometimes, with acc. or dat.; Ms. 11. 139; with gen. also; see śakta.

2 To bear, endure.

3 To be powerful. Pass. To be able, be possible or practicable (giving a passive sense to a following...

cl.5 P. (Dha1tup. xxvii, 15) śaknoti (pf. śaś/āka, śek/uḥ RV. &c; aor. /aśakat AV. &c [ Ved. also Pot. śakeyam and śakyām; Impv. śagdhi, śaktam ]; fut. śaktā, or śakitā Gr. Page1044,2; śakṣyati,te Br. &c; śakiṣyate,te Gr.; inf. -śaktave RV.; śaktum or śakitum... See su-ś/aka. 132547 1044,2 210898 mfn. (cf. Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 7-2, 17) able, capable (mostly used with na, and giving a pass. sense to the inf. e.g. na...