1. śikṣ
śikṣ (properly Desid. of √ śak; cf. Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54 ) cl. 1. P. Ā. śikṣati, te (in later language oftener Ā. .; cf. Dhātup. xvi, 4 ; pr. p. śikṣat, śikṣamāṇa, RV. ; śikṣāṇa, MBh. ; Impv. śiśikṣa, Nir. ; aor. aśikṣiṣṭa, Bhaṭṭ. ), ‘to wish to be able’, ( P. ) try to effect, attempt, undertake, TS. ; A