√ bhakṣ, “partake of, eat”

√ blī

√ bhakṣ

√ bhaj

Present

I. bhakṣati -te etc. E.+

Aorist

√-Ao: abhakṣi C

^RAo: ababhakṣat ŚB

Causative

bhakṣáyati etc. V.+,-te etc. B.+ (bhakṣyáte etc. B.+; bibhakṣayiṣati S.+)

Verbal Nouns

Inf: bhakṣitum E.+;-bhakṣam S

Derivatives

bhakṣá V.+	bhakṣya E.+	bhakṣitavya C.	bhakṣayitṛ E.+
bhakṣaka C.	bhákṣaṇa V.+	bhakṣitṛ E.	bhakṣayitavya B.+
bhakṣin S.+	bhakṣanīya B.C.	bhakṣiván B.S.	bibhakṣayiṣā C.
			bibhakṣayiṣu E.+

Secondary root-form, from √ bhaj (as denominative of bhakṣá); the non-“causative” forms only sporadic.

Meanings

bhakṣati bhakṣate v older bhakṣáyati, bhakṣáyate, PPP bhakṣitá (q.v.) partake of, enjoy, eat, drink, devour, consume, waste, destroy. Caus. bhakṣáyati *cause a pers. (I or A) to eat (A); cf. also S. Des bibhakṣiṣati & bibhakṣayiṣati wish to eat or devour.

pari enjoy or drink (esp. what belongs to another), eat, feed on.

sam enjoy or devour (together).