vikhādati, °te (13655)

vikhādati, °te
Entry 13655, Page 482, Col. 2

(viKAdati, viKAdati, °te)
vikhādati, °te¦ (as vb. nowhere recorded; noun derivs. in Skt. and Pali; cf. next), gnaws at, devours (said chiefly of animals), Ger. frisst: vikhādyamānā bahuprāṇikoṭi- bhiḥ SP 95.3 (vs); (animals) kṣudhābhibhūtā deśeṣu deśeṣu vikhādamānāḥ SP 83.13, very hungry, gnawing (devouring) in all places; lohaṃ dantair vikhādatha LV 379.10 (vs), you (daughters of Māra) are gnawing metal with your teeth (attempting the impossible); (yadā mṛtaśarīrāṇi paśyati śmaśāne utsṛṣṭāni) vikhāditāny (gnawed; see next) aśucīni Śikṣ 211.8.