[bhaksh-á] masculine partaking of nourishment, drinking, eating; drink (Veda, Vedic), food (ordinary meaning): very commonly --˚ adjective feeding or subsisting on; -aka, adjective eating, feeding on (--˚); masculine feeder, eater, of (genitive, --˚); (bháksh)-ana, neuter drinking, eating, partaking of, feeding on (genitive or --˚); being devoured, by (instrumental); -anîya, future participle passive to be eaten, eatable: -tâ, feminine; also equal for eatableness; -ayitavya, future participle passive to be eaten or devoured; -ayitri, masculine eater.