क्षद्

kshad

1) cl. 1. Ā. kshádate (perf. p. cakshadāná), to cut, dissect, divide, kill RV. I, 116, 16 and 117, 18 AitBr. I, 15 ;

to carve (meat), distribute (food) AV. X, 6, 5 ;
to take food, consume, eat RV. I, 25, 17 ;
(2. sg. Ā. orﾠ dat. inf. kshádase) and X, 79, 7 ;
(perf. cakshadé)
As a Sautra root kshad means « to cover, shelter»
2) seeﾠ bāhu-kshád