cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 124]) bhujáti (pf. bubhoja aor. abhaukṣīt fut. bhokṣyati and °ktā Gr.; really only pr. stem aor. -ábubhojīs and ind.p. -bhujya after nir and pari; cf. also bhujam in bhujaṃ-ga and bhujaṃgama), to bend, curve; (?) to sweep (cf. bhují), [RV.] : Pass. bhujyate, to be bent down or disheartened, [Hit. iv, 28.]
[cf. Gk. ϕεύγω; Lat. fugio; Goth. biugan, baugjan (?); Germ. biogan, biegen; Angl.Sax. búgan; Eng. bow.]
See tri-bhúj.
cl. 7. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxix, 17]) bhunákti, bhuṅkté (rarely cl. 6. P. Ā. bhuñjati, °te, [Up.]; [MBh.]; 3. pl. Ā. bhuñjaté, [RV.]; Pot. P. bhuñjīyāt, [Gobh.]; pf. Ā. bubhujé, °jmáhe, °jriré, [RV.]; 3. pl. P. °juḥ, [MBh.]; aor. abhaukṣīt, abhukta Gr.; bhójam, bhójate, bhujema, [RV.]; bhukṣiṣīya, [Br.]; fut. bhokṣyati, °te, [MBh.] &c.; bhoktā, [R.]; inf. bhójase, bhújam, bhuje, [RV.] : bhoktum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. bhuktvā or bhuṅktvā, [ib.]), to enjoy, use, possess, (esp.) enjoy a meal, eat, eat and drink, consume (mostly Ā.; in Ved. generally with instr., later with acc.), [RV.] &c. &c. ; to enjoy (carnally), [Gṛhyās.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; to make use of, utilize, exploit, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; (with pṛthivīm, mahīm &c.) to take possession of, rule, govern, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to suffer, experience, undergo, be requited or rewarded for (acc.) or at the hands of (gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (P.) to be of use or service to (acc.), [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [Up.]; to pass, live through, last (a time), [Rājat.]; [BhP.]; (in astron.) to pass through, fulfil, [Sūryas.] : Pass. bhujyate (aor. abhoji), to be enjoyed or eaten or possessed or made use of [Br.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. bhojayati (te°, mc.; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 3, 87]; once bhuñjāpayati, [Pañcat. ii, 49] v.l.; aor. abūbhujat, °jata Gr.), to cause to enjoy or eat, feed with (two acc. or acc. of pers. and instr. of thing; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 52]), [AV.] &c.; &c.; to use as food, [Car.] : Desid. bubhukṣati (once), °te, to wish to eat, be hungry, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; to wish to enjoy or partake of [Naiṣ.] (cf. bubhukṣā, °kṣita, °kṣu) : Intens. bobhujyate, to be eaten frequently, [VarBṛS.]; bobhokti and bobhujīti, to eat or enjoy frequently Gr.
[cf. Lat. fungor.]
bhúj f. enjoyment, profit, advantage, possession or use of (gen.), [RV.]; [AV.] (bhujé, also as infin.)
bhúj m. an enjoyer, eater (said of Agni), [RV. x, 20, 2]
bhúj mfn. (ifc.) enjoying (also carnally), eating, consuming, partaking of, possessing, ruling, [Mn.]; [MBh.] and o. (with words meaning ‘earth’ = ‘king’; cf. kṣitibh° &c.)
bhúj m. enjoying the reward of, suffering for (kilbiṣa-bh°), [MārkP.]
passing, through, fulfilling (vyakta-bh°), [BhP.]