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Bhaksh, Bhak�: 9 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Bhak� can be transliterated into English as Bhaks or Bhaksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhak� (भक्ष�).�1 U. (󲹰ṣaⲹپ-te, 󲹰ṣiٲ)

1) To eat, devour; यथामिष� जल� मत्स्यैर्भक्ष्यत� श्वापदैर्भुव� (yathāmiṣa� jale matsyair󲹰ṣyte śvāpadairbhuvi) ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 1.

2) To use up, consume.

3) To waste, destroy.

4) To bite.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhak� (भक्ष�).—r. 1st and 10th cls. (-󲹰ṣaپ 󲹰ṣaⲹپ-te) 1. To eat. 2. To waste. 3. To bite.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhak� (भक्ष�).—akin to bhaj and ñ, i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] [Ātmanepada.], and i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.]), 1. To devour, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 5, 50. 2. To eat, Mahābhārata 3, 1741. 3. To enjoy, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 137, 20. 4. To bite, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 62, 23; [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 4, 69. Ptcple. of the fut. pass. 󲹰ṣy, Eatable, allowed to be eaten, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 1, 113. n. 1. Food, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 199, 13. 2. Dainty food, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 9, 268; 3, 227. Comp. A-, adj. unfit, or not allowed, to be eaten, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 1, 113. Sarva-, adj. 1. eating anything (a child). 2. omnivorous. Desider. of i. 10, 󲹰ṣa⾱ṣa, To desire to devour, Mahābhārata 1, 5951.

� With sam sam, To devour, Mahābhārata 3, 422.

� Cf. perhaps [Latin] fames, perhaps bacca.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhak� (भक्ष�).�󲹰ṣaپ 󲹰ṣaٱ older 󲹰ṣaⲹپ, 󲹰ṣaⲹٱ, [participle] 󲹰ṣiٲ (q.v.) partake of, enjoy, eat, drink, devour, consume, waste, destroy. [Causative] 󲹰ṣaⲹپ *cause a [person or personal] ([instrumental] or [accusative]) to eat ([accusative]); cf. also [Simple] [Desiderative] 󲹰ṣiṣaپ & 󲹰ṣa⾱ṣati wish to eat or devour.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhak� (भक्ष�):�([probably] a secondary form [from] �bhaj, or [Nominal verb] [from] 󲹰ṣa; cf. also �󾱰� and ñ) [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 22]) 󲹰ṣaⲹپ (rarely [Ātmanepada] te), and in later language also [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxi, 27]) 󲹰ṣaپ, te ([perfect tense] 󲹰ṣayām āsa, [Mahābhārata] etc. [future] 󲹰ṣayiṣyati, te, [ib.]; [Aorist] aba󲹰ṣat, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]; [Passive voice] 󲹰ṣi, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]; [infinitive mood] 󲹰ṣayitum, [Mahābhārata], ṣiٳܳ, [ʲñٲԳٰ]; [indeclinable participle] 󲹰ṣayitvā, [Mahābhārata]; -󲹰ṣy, [ib.]; -󲹰ṣam, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]),

—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), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to sting, bite, [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to consume, use up, waste, destroy, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to drain the resources of, impoverish, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra] :—[Causal] 󲹰ṣaⲹپ See above;

—to cause anything ([accusative]) to be eaten by ([accusative] or [instrumental case]), [Pāṇini 1-4, 52], [vArttika] 7, [Patañjali] :—[Desiderative] 󲹰ṣiṣaپ or ṣa⾱ṣaپ, to wish to eat or devour, [Mahābhārata; Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]] (cf. bi󲹰ṣayiṣu).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhak� (भक्ष�):�(ki) 󲹰ṣaپ, yati 1. 10. a. To eat.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Bhak� (भक्ष�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bhakkha.

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