शिक्ष् (properly
Desid. of √
शक्;
cf. [Pāṇ. 7-4, 54] )
cl. 1.
Ā. P. शि॑क्षति,
°ते (in later language oftener
Ā. .;
cf. [Dhātup. xvi, 4] ;
pr. p. शि॑क्षत्,
शि॑क्षमाण,
[RV.] ;
शिक्षाण,
[MBh.] ;
Impv. शिशिक्ष,
[Nir.] ;
aor. अशिक्षिष्ट,
[Bhaṭṭ.] ), ‘to wish to be able’, (
P. ) try to effect, attempt, undertake,
[TS.] ;
[AV.] ;
(
Ā. ; rarely
P. )
to learn, acquire knowledge, study, practise, learn from (
abl. or
सकाशात् with
gen. ),
[RV.] &c. &c.;
to practise one's self in (
loc. ),
[Kathās.] (
cf. [Pāṇ. 1-3, 2] ,
Vārtt. 3
Sch. );
‘to wish to be able to effect for others’ (
P. ) wish to help, aid, befriend (
dat. ),
[RV.] ;
(
P. ) to wish to give, bestow,
ib.;
(
P. ) to wish to present with (
instr. ),
[Nir.] ;
[ŚāṅkhBr.] ;
(
Ā. ) to offer one's service to, enter the service of (
acc. ),
[MBh.] :
Pass. शिक्ष्यते (
aor. अशिक्षि), to be learnt or practised,
[Kād.] ;
[Kathās.] :
Caus. शिक्षयति (rarely
°ते;
aor. अशिशिक्षत्),
to cause to learn, impart knowledge, inform, instruct, teach (with
acc. of
pers. or thing; also with two
acc. , or with
acc. of
pers. and
loc. of thing, or with
acc. of
pers. and
inf. , or with
acc. of thing and
gen. of
pers. ),
[Mn.] ;
[MBh. &c.]