cl. 1. Ā. kṣádate (perf. p. cakṣadāná), to cut, dissect, divide, kill, [RV. i, 116, 16] and [117, 18]; [AitBr. i, 15]; to carve (meat), distribute (food), [AV. x, 6, 5]; to take food, consume, eat, [RV. i, 25, 17] (2. sg. Ā. or dat. inf. kṣádase) and [x, 79, 7] (perf. cakṣadé). [As a Sautra root means ‘to cover, shelter’.]
See bāhu-kṣád.