Sikz (properly Desid. of √ Sak ; cf. Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54 ) cl. 1. P. Ā. Si/kzati , °te (in later language oftener Ā. .; cf. Dhātup. xvi, 4 ; pr. p. Si/kzat , Si/kzamARa , RV. ; SikzARa , MBh. ; Impv. SiSikza , Nir. ; aor. aSikzizwa , Bhaṭṭ. ), ‘to wish to be able’, ( P. ) try to effect, attempt, undertake, TS. ; AV. ; ( Ā. ; rarely P. ) to learn, acquire knowledge, study, practise, learn from ( abl. or sakASAt with gen. ), RV. &c. &c.; to practise one's self in ( loc. ), Kathās. ( cf. Pāṇ. i, 3, 2 , Vārtt. 3 Sch. ); ‘to wish to be able to effect for others’ ( P. ) wish to help, aid, befriend ( dat. ), RV. ; ( P. ) to wish to give, bestow, ib. ; ( P. ) to wish to present with ( instr. ), Nir. ; ŚāṅkhBr. ; ( Ā. ) to offer one's service to, enter the service of ( acc. ), MBh. : Pass. Sikzyate ( aor. aSikzi ), to be learnt or practised, Kād. ; Kathās. : Caus. Sikzayati (rarely °te ; aor. aSiSikzat ), to cause to learn, impart knowledge, inform, instruct, teach (with acc. of pers. or thing; also with two acc. , or with acc. of pers. and loc. of thing, or with acc. of pers. and inf. , or with acc. of thing and gen. of pers. ), Mn. ; MBh. &c.
Sikz 1 A. ( Sikzate, Sikzita ) 1 To learn, study, acquire knowledge of; aSikzatAstraM pitureva maMtravat R. 3. 31. 2 To teach ( Ved. ).