(or kṣaṇ) cl. 8. P. kṣaṇóti (aor. akṣaṇīt, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 5]; cf. a-kṣaṇvat), to hurt, injure, wound, [ŚBr.] (inf. kṣaṇítos, [xiv, 8, 14, 4]), [Kum. v, 54]; to break (a bow), [Ragh. xi, 72] : Ā. kṣaṇuté (aor. Subj. 2. sg. kṣaṇiṣṭhās, Pot. kṣaṇvīta), to hurt one's self, be injured or wounded, [AV. x, 1, 16]; [ŚBr. iv, 4, 3, 13] and [6, 1, 6]; [TBr. iii]; [cf. κτείνω καίνω ξαίνω σίνομαι for ξίνομαι?]
aor. Subj. 3. pl. √ ghas, q.v.