a (a reduplicated form of √ kāś = kśā; in the non-conjugational tenses √ khyā is substituted, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 54 f.]; some pf. forms, however, are found) cl. 2. Ā. cáṣṭe (2. du. cakṣāthe, [RV.]; pf. p. cákṣāṇa, [RV.]; [BhP. i, 18, 25] [a- neg.]; rarely P. impf. 2. sg. acakṣas, [MBh. viii, 3384], 1. pl. acakṣma, [Naigh. iii, 11]; Ved. inf. cákṣase, [RV.]; [AV. vi, 68, 2]), to appear, become visible, [RV. viii, 19, 16]; [x, 74, 2] and [92, 6] ; to see, look at, observe, notice, [RV.]; [BhP.]; to tell, inform, [MBh. viii, 3384]; to take any one (acc.) for (acc.), [BhP. x, 73, 11.]