bhākṣa

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[apte] a. (kṣī f.) [bhakṣā śīlamasya aṇ] Voracious, gluttonous.

[mw] mf (I) n. (bhakṣ) habitually eating, gluttonous (= bhakṣā śīlam asya) g. chattrādi. 095205 751,2 149540

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a. (kṣī f.) [bhakṣā śīlamasya aṇ] Voracious, gluttonous.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

252

Texts Appeared In

56

DCS: name of a DAnava

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 50 19.8%
2. Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 26 10.3%
3. Baudhāyanadharmasūtra 20 7.9%
4. Drāhyāyaṇaśrautasūtra 9 3.6%
5. Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra 9 3.6%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bhakṣaḥ

  yad ghrāṇabhakṣo vihitaḥ surāyās tathā paśor ālabhanaṃ na hiṃsā

• Skandapurāṇa surface: bhakṣaḥ

  vāyubhakṣastadā tasthau svaṃ dehaṃ paritāpayan

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: bhakṣāḥ

  annam uccāvacaṃ bhakṣāḥ phalāni vividhāni ca