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dhāvधाव्cl. 1. P. Ā. dhā́vati, °te (pf. dadhāva, °ve Gr.; aor. adadhāvat, [RV.]; adhāvīt, [Br.]; Prec. dhāvyāsam Gr.; fut. dhāviṣyati, [Kāv.], °te and dhāvitā Gr.; ind.p. dhāvitvā and °vya, [Kāv.]; dhautvā Gr.); to run, flow, stream, move, glide, swim, [RV.] &c. &c.; to run after (with or scil. paścāt), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. = seek for (acc.), [Kir. ii, 29]; run towards (-abhimukham), [Hit.] run a race (ājim), [Br.], run as fast as possible (sarvaṃ javam), [ib.]; run to and fro (itaś cetaś ca), [MBh.]; [Hit.]; run away, flee, [RV.]; [AV.]; to advance or rush against (acc.), [MBh.]; [R.]; (prati), [Kathās.] : Caus. dhāváyati (aor. adīdhavat Gr.) to make run, impel, [Pañc.]; to drive in a chariot, (with instr. of the vehicle and acc. of the way), [Br.]; to jump, dance, [RV. x, 146, 2.] (cf. √ 2. dhan, dhanv, dhav; dhū.)
cl. 1. P. Ā. dhāvati, °te (pf. dadhāva, [Bhaṭṭ.]; aor. -adhāviṣṭa, [RV. ix, 70, 8]; ind.p. dhautvā, [Prab. iv, 23] [v.l. dhūtvā] and -dhāvya, [Kauś.]) to rinse, cleanse, wash, purify, polish, make bright (Ā. also to rub one's self with, rub into one's own person), [RV.] &c. &c.: Pass. dhāvyate (pf. 3. pl. -dadhāvire), [Śiś.] : Caus. dhāvayati, °te, to cleanse, wash, [Br.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; cause to be washed, [L.] : Desid. didhāviṣati, °te; Intens. dādhāvyate Gr.
dhāvaधावmfn. washing, cleansing (ifc.; cf. asi-, caila-)
m. See danta-.
dhāvatधावत्mf(ntI)n. running, quick.
dhāvinधाविन्dhā°vin mfn. running, going quickly, [Naiṣ.]
dhāvakaधावकmfn. running
m. purato dh° forerunner, [R.]
dhā°vaka mfn. id.
dhā°vaka m. a washerman, [Kathās.]
dhāvanīधावनीor dhāvani f. Uraria Lagopodioides, [Bhpr.] °nī, f. Solanum Jacquini or Grislea Tomentosa, [L.] °nikā, f. Solanum Jacquini, [L.]
dhāvanaधावनn. running, [Suśr.]
galloping, [Sāh.]
attack, assault, [Rājat.]
mfn. See bila-
n. washing, cleansing, rubbing off or in [Suśr.]; [MBh.]; [R.] (cf. manaḥśilā-candana-dh° and mīna-dh-toya)
having a garment washed by a man that is not one's kin, [Buddh.]
dhāvaniधावनिdhāvanī or f. Uraria Lagopodioides, [Bhpr.] °nī, f. Solanum Jacquini or Grislea Tomentosa, [L.] °nikā, f. Solanum Jacquini, [L.]
(also) a personification of the goddess of fortune, [L.]
dhāvitaधावितmfn. running, having begun to run, [Kath. iii, 52.]
mfn. purified, clean, [MBh.]
dhāvitṛधावितृdhā°vitṛ m. runner, courser, [MBh.]
dhāvalyaधावल्यn. (fr. dhavala) whiteness, [Śiś. iv, 65], Sch.
dhāvamānaधावमानdhā́vamāna mfn. running, going quickly, [RV.]
dhāvanikāधावनिकाdhāvanī or dhāvani f. Uraria Lagopodioides, [Bhpr.] °nī, f. Solanum Jacquini or Grislea Tomentosa, [L.] °nikā, f. Solanum Jacquini, [L.]