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भक्ष् ( prob. a secondary form fr. √ भज्, or Nom. fr. भक्ष॑; cf. also √ भिक्ष् and भञ्ज्) cl. 10. P. ( [Dhātup. xxxii, 22] ) भक्ष॑यति (rarely Ā. °ते), and in later language also cl. 1. Ā. P. ( [Dhātup. xxi, 27] ) भक्षति, °ते ( pf. भक्षयाम् आस, [MBh.] &c. fut. भक्षयिष्यति, °ते, ib.; aor. अबभक्षत्, [ŚBr.] ; Pass. अभक्षि, [BhP.] ; inf. भक्षयितुम्, [MBh.] , °क्षितुम्, [Pañcat.] ; ind.p. भक्षयित्वा, [MBh.] ; -भक्ष्य, ib.; -भक्षम्, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] ), to eat or drink, devour, partake of (with acc. , in Ved. also with gen. ; in the older language usually of fluids, in the later only exceptionally so), [RV.] &c. &c.; to sting, bite, [Kathās.] ; to consume, use up, waste, destroy, [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c.; to drain the resources of, impoverish, [Kām.] : Caus. भक्ष॑यति See above; to cause anything ( acc. ) to be eaten by ( acc. or instr. ), [Pāṇ. 1-4, 52] , Vārtt. 7, [Pat.] : Desid. बिभक्षिषति or °क्षयिषति, to wish to eat or devour, [MBh.] ; [ĀpŚr.] Sch. ( cf. बिभक्षयिषु).
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