Gas not used in pr. ( cl. 1. Gasati , Dhātup. xvii, 65 ), but supplies certain tenses ( esp. aor. and Desid. Pāṇ. ii, 4, 37 ) of √ ad ( aor. 2. and 3. sg. a/Gas , RV. ; aGAs (?), AV. xx, 129, 16 ; 3. sg. aGat , aGasat [? JaimBr. ; Pāṇ. ii, 4, 37 ], ajIGasat [ MaitrS. ]; 3. pl. a/kzan , RV. ; AV. ; aGasan , Bhaṭṭ. [ Pāṇ. ii, 4, 37 ]; 2. du. a/GastAm ; 2. pl. aGasta ; Subj. 2. sg. Ga/sas , 3. sg. °sat , RV. ; 3. pl. kzan , x, 95, 15 ; Impv. 3. du. Ga/stAm ; pf. jaGA/sa , RV. ; AV. &c.; 3. pl. jakzur , ŚBr. ii ; Pot. jakzIyA/t , RV. x, 28, 1 ; p. jakziva/s , AV. ; VS. ; f. °kzu/zI , ŚBr. ii ), to consume or devour, eat: Desid. ji/Gatsati ( cf. Pāṇ. ii, 4, 37 ; vii, 4, 49 , Kāś. ), to wish to consume or devour, wish to eat, AV. v, 18, 1 and 19, 6 ; vi, 140, 1 ; ŚBr. i, 9, 2, 12 ; MBh. ii, 1485 ( cf. √ jakz .)
Gas 1 2 P. ( Gasati, Gasti, Gasta ) To eat, devour (a defective root used only to form certain tenses of ad ).