(cf. √ jabh) cl. 1. Ā. jṛ́mbhate (ep. also P. °bhati; p. °bhamāṇa; pf. jajṛmbhe; ind.p. jṛmbhitvā) to open the mouth, yawn, [ĀśvGṛ. iii, 6]; [Mn.] &c.; to gape open, open (as a flower), [Ṛtus.]; [Kathās. xxv]; to fly back or recoil (as a bow when unstrung), [MBh. v, 1909]; to unstring a bow, [R. iii, 30, 28]; to unfold, spread (as a flood &c.), expand, occupy a larger circuit, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 41]; [Rājat. v, 269]; to spread (as sound), [v, 363]; to feel at ease, [Hariv. 12073]; [Kum. iii, 24]; [Kathās. vii, 102]; [Rājat. vi, 283] : Caus. (pf. jṛmbhayām āsa) to cause to yawn, [Hariv. 10632] : Intens. jarījṛmbhate, to spread everywhere, [Dhūrtan. Introd.]