cl. 2. P. kṣauti ([Gaut.]; pr. p. kṣuvat, [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [Mn. iv, 43]; [BhP. ix, 6, 4]; perf. cukṣāva, [Bhaṭṭ.]; Pass. cukṣuve, [Śiś. ix, 83]; fut. 2nd kṣaviṣyati, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 10]; [Siddh.]; fut. 1st kṣavitā, [Vop.]; ind.p. kṣutvā, [Mn. v, 145]; [MBh.]), to sneeze; to cough, [W.] : Desid. cukṣūṣati, to try to sneeze, [JaimBr.] : Caus. Desid. cukṣāvayiṣati, [Pāṇ.]; [Siddh.];
[cf. Lith. czaudmi.]
kṣú u, n. (√ ghas, [Naigh. ii, 7]) food, [RV. ix, 97, 22] and [x, 61, 12.]