(prob. a secondary form of √ bhṛ not in [Dhātup.]), P. Ā. bhuráti, °te, to move rapidly or convulsively, stir, palpitate, quiver, struggle (in swimming), [RV.] : Intens. járbhurīti (p. járbhurat, °rāṇa), to flicker (as fire), [ib.] (cf. Gk. ϕύρω, πορϕύρω; Lat. furere.)
bhuríj f. du. the arms or hands (as ‘quick in moving’), [RV. iv, 2, 14] &c.; [AV. xx, 127, 4] (this meaning, given, [Naigh. ii, 4], seems to suit all passages; others translate ‘scissors’ or ‘a carpenter's vice’)
heaven and earth, [Sāy.]
sg. the earth, [Uṇ. ii, 72], Sch.
a metre with one or two superfluous syllables, hypermeter, [RPrāt.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] &c. (opp. to ni-cṛt, q.v.)
N. of partic. insertions in liturgical formularies, [PañcavBr.]