viKAdati
vikhādati, °te (as vb. nowhere recorded; noun derivs. in Skt. and Pali ; cf. next), gnaws at, devours (said chiefly of animals), Ger. frisst : vikhādyamānā bahuprāṇikoṭibhiḥ SP 95.3 ( vs ); (animals) kṣudhābhibhūtā deśeṣu deśeṣu vikhādamānāḥ SP 83.13 , very hungry, gnawing (devouring) in all places ; lohaṃ dantair vikhādatha LV 379.10 ( vs ), you (daughters of Māra) are gnawing metal with your teeth (attempting the impossible); (yadā mṛtaśarīrāṇi paśyati śmaśāne utsṛṣṭāni) vikhāditāny ( gnawed ; see next) aśucīni Śikṣ 211.8 .