दह् [ dah ] [ dah ]1 Root cl. [1] P. [ dahati ] ( ep. also Ā. ; p. [ dáhati ] impf. [ ádahat ] ; aor. [ adhāk ] Lit. RV. ii , 15 , 4 ; 1 .sg. [ °kṣam ] Lit. MBh. vii ; 3. pl. [ °kskur ] Lit. Kathās. ; Subj. [ dhāk ] Lit. RV. i , 158 , 4 ; 2. sg. [ dhakṣi ] , Lit. iv , 4 , 4 ; p. [ dhákṣat ] ( also nom. m. ) , Lit. vi , 3 , 4 x , 91 , 7 [ dáhṣat ] , Lit. i , 130 , 8 ; fut. [ dhakṣyati ] ( Lit. Pāṇ. 7-2 , 10 Lit. Siddh. Lit. Kār. 6 ) Lit. MBh. ( Pot. [ dhakṣyet ] , Lit. i , 8383 ) ; [ dahiṣy ] , Lit. i , 2120 Lit. BhP. iv Lit. Prasaṅg. xix , 7 ; inf. [ dagdhum ] ) to burn , consume by fire , scorch , roast Lit. RV. ; to cauterise Lit. Suśr. ; to consume , destroy completely Lit. Mn. vii , 9 Lit. MBh. ; to torment, torture, pain, distress, disturb, grieve Lit. MBh. : Pass. [ dahyate ] ( [ °ti ] Lit. MānGṛ. ii , 15 Lit. MBh. i f. , xii f.) ; to be burnt , burn , be in flames Lit. AV. Lit. Nir. ; to be consumed by fire or destroyed Lit. Mn. vi , 71 ; to be inflamed (a wound) Lit. Suśr. i , 28 ; to be consumed by internal heat or grief , suffer pain , be distressed or vexed Lit. MBh. ; Caus. [ dāhayati ] to burn or be burned Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ. i , 89 Lit. MBh. ; to cause to be cooked Lit. Hariv. 15523 (aor. pl. [ adīdahan ] ) : Desid. [ didhakṣati ] (cf. [ °kṣā ] , [ °kṣu ] ) to be about to burn or consume or destroy Lit. MBh. i-iv Lit. R. (p. [ °kṣamāṇa ] ) : Desid. Caus. (p. [ °kṣayat ] ) to cause any one to make efforts to burn Lit. Bhaṭṭ. iii , 33 : Intens. [ dandahīti ] , [ °hyate ] ( Lit. Pāṇ. 3-1 , 24 ; 7-4 , 86) to burn or destroy completely Lit. Hariv. 8726 Lit. BhP. vi , 8 , 21 (Impv. [ °dagdhi ] ) Lit. Śiś. Lit. Prasannar. vi , 32 and 48 ; Ā. to be burnt completely Lit. Hariv. 7040 Lit. BhP. Lit. Pañcat. i , 8 , 23/24 ( cf. Lith. (degu4) , " I am hot " ; Goth. (dag-s) ; Old Germ. (tāh-t) , " a wick " )