bhukṣa (11269)

bhukṣa
Entry 11269, Page 409, Col. 2

(Bukza, Bukza)
bhukṣa¦, adj. (= AMg. bhukkha, Ratnach.; cf. next two; all from unreduplicated desiderative stem = Skt. bubhukṣ-, lacking first syllable; such forms are well established in Pkt., tho ignored in Pischel and, so far as I am aware, in other Pkt. grammars; they live on in modern vernaculars, cf. Hindi bhūkh, subst., bhūkhā, adj., and Turner, Nepali Dict., s.vv. bhok, bhoko, etc.), hungry: bhukṣa-pipāsitā madhukarāḥ kusumam abhigatāḥ LV 328.12 (vs). [Page410-a+ 71]