[ḍasnā], v.t. to bite (as an insect, snake), sting.
[◀MIA: Pk. ḍasaï ‘bites’; Pa. ḍasati ‘bites’ ◀OIA dáśati ‘bites’ RV. <√daṁś ‘bite’ ◀PIE *denk̂- ‘to bite’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. tongs ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0565; (Turner, 1966) 6230, p.349; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 291; (MW, 1899) 0464; (Pokorny, 1959) 0201; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.688
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