Contents

 

daṃś, daś, “bite”

tsar

daṃś, daś

daṃs

Present

I. dáśati etc. V.+,-te etc. E.+ daṃśati C1

Passive

daśyate etc. E

Future

Simple Future: daśiṣyati E. daṅkṣyati

Periphrastic Future: daṃṣṭā

Aorist

RAo: adadaṃśat

-s-Ao: adāṅkṣīt

Precative: daśyāt

Perfect

dadaṃśus E. (dadaśvā́ṃs RV.)

Causative

daṃśayati etc. S.+ (daṃśita adj. E.+)

Desiderative

didaṅkṣa-

Intensive

dándaśāna RV. (dandaśayitvā C.)

Verbal Nouns

PPP: daṣṭá AV.+; 1Abs: daṃṣṭvā B.; 2Abs: -daśya E

Derivatives

daṃśa AV.+

 

daṃśana E.+

 

dáṃṣṭrā̆ V.+

 

daśā ? B.+

 

daṃśaka C.

 

dáṃśuka B.

 

dáṃśman AV.S.

 

daśana E.+

 

-daṃśin AV.

 

daṃṣṭṛ́ AV.

 

daṅkṣṇú B.

 

 

 

 

Meanings

dáśati v (dáśate & daṃśati), PPP daṣṭá r. daṃśita (q.v.) bite. Caus. daṃśayati cause a pers. (A) to be bitten by (I).

 

nis ,

pari &

vi bite through.

sam bite, seize with the teeth, press together.

Cf. saṃdaṣṭa.