cl. 7.P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xix, 2]) bhinátti, bhintte (impf. 2. 3. sg. ábhinat, [RV.]; Subj. bhinádaḥ, [ib.]; Impv. bindhí, [ib.]; binddhi, [Var.] [cf. binddhi-lavaṇā]; cl. 1. P. bhédati, [RV.]; Pot. bhideyam, [AV.]; pf. bibhéda, [RV.]; aor., 2. 3. sg. bhét, [RV.] abhaitsīt, [R.]; bhitthās, [TS.]; Prec. bhitsīṣṭa Gr.; fut. bhetsyáti, °te, [Br.] &c.; Cond. abhetsyat, [Up.]; fut. bhettā Gr.; inf. bhéttavaí, [ŚBr.]; bhettum, [ib.] &c.; ind.p. bhittvā́, -bhidya, [RV.] &c.), to split, cleave, break, cut or rend asunder, pierce, destroy, [RV.] &c. &c.; to pass through (as a planet or comet), [Hariv.]; [Var.]; to disperse (darkness), [R.]; [Śak.]; to transgress, violate, (a compact or alliance), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to open, expand, [MaitrUp.]; [Megh.]; to loosen, disentangle, dissolve, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to disturb, interrupt, stop, [ib.]; to disclose, betray, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to disunite, set at variance, [ib.]; to distinguish, discriminate, [L.] : Pass. bhidyáte (ep. also °ti aor. abhedi, [Br.]; [MBh.] &c.; pf. bibhide, [Kālid.]), to be split or broken, burst (intrans.), [Br.] &c. &c.; to be opened (as a closed hand, eyes &c.), [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to overflow (as water), [R.]; [Hariv.]; to be loosened, become loose, [MuṇḍUp.]; [Kāv.]; to be stopped or interrupted, [MBh.]; to be disclosed or betrayed, [Kāv.]; to be changed or altered (in mind), be won over, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to be disunited, [MBh.]; to keep aloof from (instr.), [ib.]; to be distinguished, differ from (abl.), [Sāṃkhyak.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. bhedayati, °te (aor. abībhidat; cf. also bhidāpana), to cause to split or break &c.; to split, break, shatter, crush, destroy, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Hit.]; to separate, divide (see bhedita); to disunite, set at variance, perplex, unsettle (in opinion), seduce, win over, [MBh.]; [R.] : Desid. bíbhitsati, °te, to wish to break through or disperse or defeat, [RV.]; [MBh.] (cf., bibhitsā) : Desid. of Caus. See bibhedayiṣu: Intens. bebhidīti or bebhetti, to cleave repeatedly, [Bhaṭṭ.]
[cf. Lat. findo; Germ. beissen; Eng. bite.]
bhíd mfn. (ifc.) breaking, splitting, piercing, destroying, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Pur.] (cf. aśma-, giri-, tamo-, pura-bhid &c.)
bhíd f. a wall (= bhitti), [RV. i, 174, 8]
separation, distinction, [BhP.]
a sort, kind, species, [L.]