Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

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

1. (probably for originally सुष्, सुस्) class4 Parasmaipada (Dha1tup. xxvi, 74) श्/उष्यति (mc. also that the rest of a word is to be suppliedते; perfect tense शुशोष; Aorist अशुषत्; future शोष्टा, शोक्ष्यति; infinitive mood शोष्टुम्; indeclinablepage and participle -श्/उष्य Breton), to dry, become dry or withered, fade, languish, decay AV. etc. etc.: Causal शोषयति (Aorist अशूशुषत्), to make dry, dry up, wither, parch AV. etc.; to afflict, injure, hurt, extinguish, destroy MBh. : Desiderative शुशुक्षति grammar : Intensive शोशुष्यते, शोशोष्टि ibidem [confer, compare Greek αὔω for σαύσω; Latin siccus; Slavonic or Slavonian su8chati; Lithuanian susu4, sausiu4, sau4sas etc.]
2. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') drying, withering Pa1n2. 4-3, 166 vArttika 1
3. drying up, parching (see पर्न-शुष्).
4. (confer, compare √श्वस्) class6 Parasmaipada शुष्/अति (1. sg. also -शुष्/ए and page and participle -शुषाण; see आ-√शुष्). to hiss (as a serpent) fg-veda i, 61, 10.

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