not used in pr. (cl. 1. ghasati, [Dhātup. xvii, 65]), but supplies certain tenses (esp. aor. and Desid. [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 37]) of √ ad (aor. 2. and 3. sg. ághas, [RV.]; aghās (?), [AV. xx, 129, 16]; 3. sg. aghat, aghasat [? [JaimBr.]; [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 37]], ajīghasat [[MaitrS.]]; 3. pl. ákṣan, [RV.]; [AV.]; aghasan, [Bhaṭṭ.] [[Pāṇ. ii, 4, 37]]; 2. du. ághastām; 2. pl. aghasta; Subj. 2. sg. ghásas, 3. sg. °sat, [RV.]; 3. pl. kṣan, [x, 95, 15]; Impv. 3. du. ghástām; pf. jaghā́sa, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; 3. pl. jakṣur, [ŚBr. ii]; Pot. jakṣīyā́t, [RV. x, 28, 1]; p. jakṣivás, [AV.]; [VS.]; f. °kṣúṣī, [ŚBr. ii]), to consume or devour, eat: Desid. jíghatsati (cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 37]; [vii, 4, 49], [Kāś.]), to wish to consume or devour, wish to eat, [AV. v, 18, 1] and [19, 6]; [vi, 140, 1]; [ŚBr. i, 9, 2, 12]; [MBh. ii, 1485] (cf. √ jakṣ.)