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Entry शुष्

शुष्śuṣTo dry up, wither, parch; न शोषयति मारुतः Bg.2.23.
1. To dry up, wither, parch; न शोषयति मारुतः Bg.2.23.
2. To emaciate.
3. To destroy.
4. To extinguish.
5. To drain, suck up, absorb.
6. To exhaust, empty.-With उद्, परि
Derived forms and compounds
- शुष् śuṣ
  
  4 Parasmaipada (शुष्यति, शुष्क)
  
  To be dried, become dry or parched up; तृषा शुष्यत्यास्ये पिबति सलिलं स्वादु सुरभि Bh. 3.92.
  
  To be withered.
  
  To languish, become emaciated; अपि स्थाणुवदासीनः शुष्यन् परिगतः क्षुधा Pt.1.49.
  
  To be afflicted or distressed. -Causal (शोषयति-ते)
  
  to be dried up, dry up; सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति Bg.1.29; स च विह्वलसत्त्वसंकुलः परिशुष्यन्नभवन् महाह्रदः Bk.1.42.
  
  to pine, decay, wither; इमाः शून्यमया वाचः शुष्यमाणेन भाषिताः Rām.3.55. 36; अस्मत्कृते च परिशुष्यति काचिदन्या Bh.2.2.
- -वि, -सम् to be dried up.
In the Gita1·29 2·23

वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते ।

vepathuśca śarīre me romaharṣaśca jāyate, — Arjuna said:- Seeing these my own people, O Krishna, my body shakes and my hair stands on end; Gandiva (Arjuna’s bow) slips from my hand, and all my… 1·29
- परिशुष्यतिpariśuṣyatipresent 3rd person singular of the verbal root śuṣ (to make dry, dry up or wither or parch) with the prefix pari.
- शोषयतिśoṣayatipresent 3rd person singular of the causal form of the verbal root śuṣ (to dry, become dry or withered, fade, decay).
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