to eat, to feed upon Pv.ii.2#5 (pubba-lohitaṃ); Dhp-a.ii.57 (vātaṃ).
inf bhakkhituṃ Ja.ii.14
caus bhakkheti in same meaning Ja.iv.349 (aor. bhakkhesuṃ); cp. BSk. bhakṣayati Divy.276.

bhakṣ fr. bhaj, cp. Sk. bhakṣati & bhakṣayati; Dhtp.17 & Dhtp.537 explains by “adana”