Bakś | Bअक्श् | Bakz
Bakś | Bअक्श् | (prob. a secondary form fr. √ Baj | Bअज् |, or Nom. fr. Bakśa/ | Bअक्श/ |; cf. also √ Bikś | Bइक्श् | and Baẏj | Bअय़्ज् |) cl. 10. P. (Dhātup. xxxii, 22) Bakśa/yati | Bअक्श/यति | (rarely Ā. ˚te | ˚ते |), and in later language also cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxi, 27) Bakśati | Bअक्शति |, ˚te | ˚ते | (pf. Bakśayām āsa | Bअक्शयाम् आस |, MBh. &c. fut. Bakśayiśyati | Bअक्शयिश्यति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, ib.; aor. abaBakśat | अबBअक्शत् |, ŚBr.; Pass. aBakśi | अBअक्शि |, BhP.; inf. Bakśayitum | Bअक्शयितुम् |, MBh., ˚kśitum | ˚क्शितुम् |, Pañcat.; ind.p. Bakśayitvā | Bअक्शयित्वा |, MBh.; -Bakśya | -Bअक्श्य |, ib.; -Bakśam | -Bअक्शम् |, 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. Bakśa/yati | Bअक्श/यति | See above; to cause anything (acc.) to be eaten by (acc. or instr.), Pāṇ. i, 4, 52, Vārtt. 7, Pat. : Desid. biBakśiśati | बिBअक्शिशति | or ˚kśayiśati | ˚क्शयिशति |, to wish to eat or devour, MBh.; ĀpŚr., Sch. (cf. biBakśayiśu | बिBअक्शयिशु |).