bhakkhati : [bhakkh + a] eats; feeds upon.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Bhakkhati [bhakṣ fr. bhaj, cp. Sk. bhakṣati & bhakṣayati; 
Dhtp 17 & 537 explns by "adana"] to eat, to feed upon Pv ii.25 (pubba -- lohitaŋ); DhA ii.57 (vātaŋ). <-> inf. bhakkhituŋ J ii.14. -- Caus. bhakkheti in same meaning J iv.349 (aor. bhakkhesuŋ); cp. BSk. bhakṣayati Divy 276.

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