pṛkṣ पृक्ष् pṛ́kṣ f. (nom. wanting; prob. fr. √ 1. pṛc) refreshment, satiation, nourishment, food, [RV.] pṛkṣa पृक्ष pṛkṣá mfn. (either connected with pṛśni, pṛṣat, or fr. √ 1. pṛc) spotted, dappled (others ‘fleet, swift’; others, ‘having or bringing food’) pṛkṣá m. a spotted (or a swift &c.) horse (others ‘beast of burden’; others ‘food, nourishment, abundance’), [RV.] N. of a man, [ib.] [ii, 13, 8] = saṃgrāma, [Naigh. ii, 17.] pṛkṣu पृक्षु pṛkṣú (prob.) w.r. for pṛtsú, [SV.] pṛkṣudh पृक्षुध् pṛkṣúdh mfn. (?), [RV. i, 141, 4.] pṛkṣayāma पृक्षयाम pṛkṣá—yāma (°kṣá-), mfn. ‘driving swift horses’ (prob. N. of a family), [RV. i, 122, 7.] pṛkṣaprayaj पृक्षप्रयज् pṛkṣá—prayaj (°kṣá-), mfn. in which oblations of food begin to be offered (said of the dawn), [RV. iii, 7, 10] ([Sāy.]; according to others ‘hastening with swift horses’).