cl. 1. téjate (°ti, [Dhātup. xxiii, 2]; p. téjamāna; Ved. inf. téjase) to be or become sharp, [RV. i, 55, 1]; [iii, 2, 10] and [8, 11] (tétijāna, ‘sharp’, [VS. v, 43]); to sharpen, [x, 138, 5] : Caus. tejayati id., [Dhātup. xxxii, 109]; to stir up, excite, [R. iii, 31, 36]; [Ragh. ix, 38] : Desid. títikṣate ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 5]; 1. pl. °kṣmahe, [MBh. v, 3427]; fut. °kṣiṣyate, [ŚBr. iii]; ep. also P., e.g. p. °kṣat, [BhP. iii]) ‘to desire to become sharp or firm’, to bear with firmness, suffer with courage or patience, endure, [RV. ii, 13, 3]; [iii, 30, 1]; [AV. viii] &c.: Intens. tétikte ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 65]; p. °tijāna See above) to sharpen, [RV. iv, 23, 7];
[cf. στίζω; Lat. dis-tinguo, &c.]