The Sanskrit term Bhakṣ can be transliterated into English as Bhaks or Bhaksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhakṣ (भक्ष्).—1 U. (bhakṣayati-te, bhakṣita)

1) To eat, devour; यथामिषं जले मत्स्यैर्भक्ष्यते श्वापदैर्भुवि (yathāmiṣaṃ jale matsyairbhakṣyate śvāpadairbhuvi) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.

2) To use up, consume.

3) To waste, destroy.

4) To bite.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhakṣ (भक्ष्).—r. 1st and 10th cls. (-bhakṣati bhakṣayati-te) 1. To eat. 2. To waste. 3. To bite.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhakṣ (भक्ष्).—akin to bhaj and bhañj, i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] [Ātmanepada.], and i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.]), 1. To devour, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 50. 2. To eat, Mahābhārata 3, 1741. 3. To enjoy, [Pañcatantra] 137, 20. 4. To bite, [Pañcatantra] 62, 23; [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 4, 69. Ptcple. of the fut. pass. bhakṣya, Eatable, allowed to be eaten, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 113. n. 1. Food, [Pañcatantra] 199, 13. 2. Dainty food, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 268; 3, 227. Comp. A-, adj. unfit, or not allowed, to be eaten, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 113. Sarva-, adj. 1. eating anything (a child). 2. omnivorous. Desider. of i. 10, bibhakṣayiṣa, To desire to devour, Mahābhārata 1, 5951.

— With sam sam, To devour, Mahābhārata 3, 422.

— Cf. perhaps [Latin] fames, perhaps bacca.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhakṣ (भक्ष्).—bhakṣati bhakṣate older bhakṣayati, bhakṣayate, [participle] bhakṣita (q.v.) partake of, enjoy, eat, drink, devour, consume, waste, destroy. [Causative] bhakṣayati *cause a [person or personal] ([instrumental] or [accusative]) to eat ([accusative]); cf. also [Simple] [Desiderative] bibhakṣiṣati & bibhakṣayiṣati wish to eat or devour.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhakṣ (भक्ष्):—([probably] a secondary form [from] √bhaj, or [Nominal verb] [from] bhakṣa; cf. also √bhikṣ and bhañj) [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 22]) bhakṣayati (rarely [Ātmanepada] te), and in later language also [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxi, 27]) bhakṣati, te ([perfect tense] bhakṣayām āsa, [Mahābhārata] etc. [future] bhakṣayiṣyati, te, [ib.]; [Aorist] ababhakṣat, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]; [Passive voice] abhakṣi, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]; [infinitive mood] bhakṣayitum, [Mahābhārata], kṣitum, [Pañcatantra]; [indeclinable participle] bhakṣayitvā, [Mahābhārata]; -bhakṣya, [ib.]; -bhakṣam, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]),

—to eat or drink, devour, partake of (with [accusative], in [Vedic or Veda] also with [genitive case]; in the older language usually of fluids, in the later only exceptionally so), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to sting, bite, [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to consume, use up, waste, destroy, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to drain the resources of, impoverish, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra] :—[Causal] bhakṣayati See above;

—to cause anything ([accusative]) to be eaten by ([accusative] or [instrumental case]), [Pāṇini 1-4, 52], [vArttika] 7, [Patañjali] :—[Desiderative] bibhakṣiṣati or kṣayiṣati, to wish to eat or devour, [Mahābhārata; Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]] (cf. bibhakṣayiṣu).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhakṣ (भक्ष्):—(ki) bhakṣati, yati 1. 10. a. To eat.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Bhakṣ (भक्ष्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bhakkha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhaksh in German

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Starts with (+48): Bhaksha, Bhakshabhojya, Bhakshabija, Bhakshacchandas, Bhakshachinta, Bhakshacinta, Bhakshajapa, Bhakshaka, Bhakshakara, Bhakshakari, Bhakshaki, Bhakshalaka, Bhakshali, Bhakshamana, Bhakshamantra, Bhakshamkara, Bhakshamkrita, Bhakshan, Bhakshana, Bhakshane.

Ends with: Paribhaksh, Pratibhaksh, Sabhaksh, Sambhaksh, Upabhaksh, Vyavabhaksh.

Full-text (+46): Bhakshana, Bhakshaka, Bhlaksh, Bhakshin, Paribhakshana, Bhakshita, Bhakshya, Plaksh, Bhriksh, Prishthamamsa, Bhakshaniya, Bhraksh, Bhakkha, Bhakshakara, Paribhaksh, Bhaksha, Bhakshamkara, Sambhaksha, Upabhaksh, Bhakshitri.

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