cl. 7. chinátti, chintte (Impv. °náttu; 2. sg. °ndhí [cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 101]]; 2. du. °ntám; Subj. 1. sg. °nádai; Pot. °ndet, [KṣurUp.]; cl. 9. 1. sg. chinnāmi, [Divyāv. xxvii]; impf. 2. sg. achinad, or °nas, [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 75]; pf. ciccheda, °cchide; p. °cchidvas, [vii, 2, 67], [Kāś.]; aor. acchidat or acchaitsīt [Subj. ch°, [ŚBr.] &c.] [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 57]; 2. sg. chitsi, [ŚāṅkhŚr. i, 5, 9]; 1. pl. chedma, [RV. i, 109, 3]; Ā. acchitta and 2. sg. °tthās [Subj. ch°, [AV. viii, 1, 4]], [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 57] and [viii, 2, 26]; fut. chetsyati, [vii, 2, 10]; [Kār.]; ind.p. chittvā inf. chettum; Pass. chidyate; p. See á-cchidyamāna; aor. ácchedi and chedi, [RV.]) to cut off, amputate, cut through, hew, chop, split, pierce, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c.; to divide, separate from (abl.; exceptionally instr. [ŚBr. xiv, 9, 4, 23]), [AV.]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; to destroy, annihilate, efface, blot out, [ŚBr. x, 5, 2, 5]; [MuṇḍUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; (in math.) to divide, [Sūryas. iv, 26]: Pass. to be split or cut, break, [ŚāṅkhGṛ. i, 15] : Caus. chedayati (aor. acicchidat) to cut off, [ŚāṅkhŚr. xvii]; [Gobh. iv, 2, 9]; [MBh. vii, 5954]; [Suśr.]; to cause to cut off or through, [Mn. viii, 277]; [282 f.] and [292]; [Cāṇ.] : Desid. See cicchitsu : Intens. cecchidīti ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 65], Sch.), °dyate ([83], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.]); fut. 1st °ditā, [2, 10], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.];
[cf. σχίζω, σχίδη &c.; Lat. scindo; Goth. skeida.]
mfn. ifc. ([Pāṇ. iii, 2, 61]) cutting, cutting off, cutting through, splitting, piercing, [MBh. vii, 4656] (cf. ukha-cchíd, keśa-, pakṣa-, marma-, vana-, hṛdaya-)
destroying, annihilating, removing, [MBh. v, 1809]; [Hariv. 4774]; [Bhartṛ.]; [BhP.] (cf. darpa-, duḥkha-, paṅka-, bhava-)
m. the divisor, denominator
f. the cutting off (with gen.), [Bālar. viii, 75]
‘annihilation of (in comp.)’, see bhava-.