KAd cl. 1. P. KA/dati ( ep. also Ā. °te ; aor. aKAdIt , Bhaṭṭ. ; perf. caKAda , ib. ), to chew, bite, eat, devour, feed, prey upon, RV. i, 64, 7 ; AV. ; VS. &c.; to hurt, Suśr. ; to ruin, Subh. : Caus. P. KAdayati , to cause to be eaten or devoured by ( instr. ; cf. Pāṇ. i, 4, 52 , Vārtt. 5), Gaut. ; Mn. ; Hcat. ; to eat or devour, MBh. iii, 2435 : Desid. ciKAdizati , to desire to eat, MBh. vii, 205 ( v.l. ), HYog. iii, 18.
KAd 1 P. ( KAdati, KAdita ) 1 To eat, devour, feed; to prey upon, bite; prAkpAdayoH patati KAdati pfzWamAMsaM H. 1. 81 ; KAdanmAMsaM na duzyati Ms. 5. 32 , 53 ; Bk. 6. 6 ; 9. 78 , 14. 87 , 101 ; 15. 35. 2 To hurt.