khātá mfn. ([Pāṇ. vi, 4, 42]) dug, dug up, excavated, [RV. iv, 50, 3]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. iii] &c.
digged into the earth, buried, [MBh. xiii, 3089]
torn, rent, [W.]
khātá m. a ditch, [Hcat. i, 3, 921]
khātá n. ([Naigh. iii, 23]) a ditch, fosse, moat, well, pond, [ŚBr. ix, 4, 3, 9]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Pañcat.]; [BhP.] &c.
an excavation, cavern
digging a hole, [W.]
khātá , khātaka, &c. See √ khan, p. 337.