cl. 1. P. dahati (ep. also Ā.; p. dáhat; impf. ádahat; aor. adhāk, [RV. ii, 15, 4]; 1.sg. °kṣam, [MBh. vii]; 3. pl. °kṣur, [Kathās.]; Subj. dhāk, [RV. i, 158, 4]; 2. sg. dhakṣi, [iv, 4, 4]; p. dhákṣat [also nom. m.], [vi, 3, 4]; [x, 91, 7] dákṣat, [i, 130, 8]; fut. dhakṣyati [[Pāṇ. vii, 2, 10]; [Siddh.]; [Kār. 6]] [MBh.] [Pot. dhakṣyet, [i, 8383]] &c.; dahiṣy°, [i, 2120]; [BhP. iv]; [Prasaṅg. xix, 7]; inf. dagdhum) to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast, [RV.] &c.; to cauterise, [Suśr.]; to consume, destroy completely, [Mn. vii, 9]; [MBh.] &c.; to torment, torture, pain, distress, disturb, grieve, [MBh.] &c.: Pass. dahyate (°ti, [MānGṛ. ii, 15]; [MBh. i f.], [xii f.]); to be burnt, burn, be in flames, [AV.]; [Nir.] &c.; to be consumed by fire or destroyed, [Mn. vi, 71]; to be inflamed (a wound), [Suśr. i, 28]; to be consumed by internal heat or grief, suffer pain, be distressed or vexed, [MBh.] &c.; Caus. dāhayati to burn or be burned, [Mn.]; [Yājñ. i, 89]; [MBh.] &c.; to cause to be cooked, [Hariv. 15523] (aor. pl. adīdahan) : Desid. didhakṣati (cf. °kṣā, °kṣu) to be about to burn or consume or destroy, [MBh. i]-[iv]; [R.] (p. °kṣamāṇa) : Desid. Caus. (p. °kṣayat) to cause any one to make efforts to burn, [Bhaṭṭ. iii, 33] : Intens. dandahīti, °hyate ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 24]; [vii, 4, 86]) to burn or destroy completely, [Hariv. 8726]; [BhP. vi, 8, 21] (Impv. °dagdhi), [Śiś.]; [Prasannar. vi, 32] and [48]; Ā. to be burnt completely, [Hariv. 7040]; [BhP.]; [Pañcat. i, 8, 23/24]
[cf. Lith. degù, ‘I am hot’; Goth. dag-s; Old Germ. tāh-t, ‘a wick’]
mfn. ‘burning’, see uśá-.