“eating down,” a sharp instrument, a spade or (acc. to Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 83) a chisel Vin.iii.149 Vin.iv.211; Ja.ii.405 (so read for khādana); Ja.iv.344; Ja.v.45.

Sk. *nikhādana, ni + khādati, cp. khādana