spardh स्पर्ध् (or spṛdh; cf. √ spṛh) cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. ii, 2]) spárdhate (mc. also P. °ti; Subj. [prá] -spūrdhán, [RV. vi, 67, 9]; pf. paspṛdhé, °dhāná, ápaspṛdhethām, [RV.]; paspardha, [MBh.] &c.; aor. aspṛdhran, spṛdhānd, [RV.] : aspardhiṣṭa Gr.; fut. spardhitā, spardhiṣyate, [ib.]; inf. spárdhitum, [AV.]; [Br.]; spūrdháse, [RV.]; ind.p. -spṛ́dhya, [ib.]), to emulate, compete, rival, vie or cope with (instr. with and without saha, or acc.), contend or struggle for (loc.), [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. spardhayati Gr.: Desid. pispardhiṣate, [ib.] : Intens. pāspardhyate, pāsparddhi, [ib.] (apāspāḥ, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 14], Sch.) sparś स्पर्श् . See √ 4. spaś, col. 3. spara स्पर , °raṇa &c. See col. 3. spára n. N. of partic. Sāman days and the texts and sacrifices connected with them (-tvá n.), [TBr.] sparṣ स्पर्ष् cl. 1. Ā. sparṣate (snehane); See √ parṣ. spardhā स्पर्धा (ā), f., dee below. f. emulation, rivalry, envy, competition for or with (instr. with and without saha gen. loc., or comp.; °dhayā, ‘in rivalry or emulation’), [MBh.]; [R.] &c. desire for (comp.), [Bhartṛ.] (v.l.) spardha स्पर्ध mfn. emulous, envious (-tā f.), [W.] sparśā स्पर्शा (ā), f. an unchaste woman, [L.] (a word of unknown meaning), [Hariv. 10243.] sparśa स्पर्श , °śana &c. See p. 1269. sparśá mfn. touching (in a-bhūtala-sp°, manaḥ-sp°, q.v.) sparśá m. (ifc. f(A). ) touch, sense of touch (-tas ind., e.g. sparśa-taḥ sukhaṃ tat, ‘that is pleasant to the touch’), contact (fig. applied to the beginning of an eclipse or to any astron. contact), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.] &c. sparśá m. (in gram.) collective N. of the twenty-five consonants constituting the five classes from k to m (so-called because formed by complete contact of the organs of utterance; cf. sthāna and spṛṣṭa), [Prāt.]; [ChUp.]; [BhP.] (in phil.) the quality of tangibility (which constitutes the skin's viṣaya, q.v.), [IW. 68] any quality which is perceptible by touching any object (e.g. heat, cold, smoothness, softness &c.), [MBh.] &c. feeling, sensation (e.g. siraḥ-śūla-sp°, ‘sensation of headache’), [ŚBr.] &c. &c. pleasant feeling, [MBh. v, 1366] unpleasant or morbid sensation, illness, [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 16], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.] air, wind, [L.] (accord. to some) temperature, [Nyāyad.] a kind of sexual union, [L.] a gift, offering (see kāka-sp° and sp°-yajña below) w.r. for spaśa, a spy, [MBh.]; [Śiś.] spartṛ स्पर्तृ . See ava-sp°. spardhas स्पर्धस् See ví-ṣpardhas. spardhin स्पर्धिन् mfn. emulating, rivalling, vying with (comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. proud, [W.] superb, gorgeous, [W.] spardhya स्पर्ध्य mfn. to be competed for, desirable, valuable, [MBh.]; [R.] sparśin स्पर्शिन् mfn. (only ifc.) touching, handling, [GṛŚrS.] reaching or penetrating to, [Rājat.]; [BhP.] sparaṇa स्परण spáraṇa mf(I)n. saving, delivering, [AV.]; [TS.] sparase स्परसे spárase. See under root. spariśa स्परिश . See p. 1269, col. 1. m. touch (= sparśa), [L.] sparitṛ स्परितृ . See p. 1269, col. 3. mfn. See p. 1269, col. 3. mfn. one who injures or causes pain, [L.] sparṣṭṛ स्पर्ष्टृ mfn. = spraṣṭṛ, [L.] spardhana स्पर्धन n. emulation, rivalry, envy, [MW.] spardhatā स्पर्धता spardha—tā f. spardhita स्पर्धित mfn. contending or competing together, emulating, envious, jealous, [MBh.] contended with, challenged, defied, [R.] sparśāna स्पर्शान m. = manas, [L.] sparśaja स्पर्शज sparśa—ja mfn. produced by touch, [BhP.] sparśaka स्पर्शक mfn. touching, feeling, a toucher, [L.] sparśana स्पर्शन mf(I)n. touching, handling, [MW.] affecting, acting upon, afflicting, [ib.] m. air, wind, [L.] n. the act of touching, touch, contact, [ŚvetUp.]; [Yājñ.] &c. sensation, sense of touch, organ of sensation or feeling, sensitive nerve, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Sarvad.] gift, donation, [L.] sparśatā स्पर्शता sparśa—tā f. a state of contact or touch (in a-bhū-tala-sparśatā), [Śak.] sparśika स्पर्शिक mfn. tangible, palpable, perceptible, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. v, 2, 95.] sparśitṛ स्पर्शितृ mfn. who or what touches or feels or perceives, [MBh.] sparatva स्परत्व spara—tvá n. spardhāvat स्पर्धावत् spardhā—vat mfn. id., [Bālar.]; [Viddh.] sparśājña स्पर्शाज्ञ mfn. devoid of all feeling or sensation, benumbed, paralyzed (-tā f.), [L.] sparśatas स्पर्शतस् sparśa—tas ind., e.g. sparśa-taḥ sukhaṃ tat, ‘that is pleasant to the touch’ sparśatva स्पर्शत्व sparśa—tva n. a state of feeling, sensation, [BhP.] sparśavat स्पर्शवत् sparśa—vat mfn. having tangibility, palpable (-tva n.), [Tarkas.]; [Bhāṣāp.] &c. pleasant to the touches, smooth, soft, [MBh.]; [Kum.] spardhākara स्पर्धाकर spardhā—kara mf(I)n. emulating, competing or vying with (comp.), [Dhūrtan.] spardhanīya स्पर्धनीय mfn. to be competed for, striven after, desirable, [Nir.] sparśāśana स्पर्शाशन m. pl. ‘feeding on mere touch’, N. of a class of gods, [MBh.] sparśāsaha स्पर्शासह or sparśāsa°hiṣṇu, mfn. intolerant of touch, sensitive to touch (-tva n.), [Suśr.] sparśaguṇa स्पर्शगुण sparśa—guṇa mfn. having the quality of tangibility (said of the air), [Mn. i, 76.] sparśahāni स्पर्शहानि sparśa—hāni f. loss of feeling or of sensitiveness, [Suśr.] red pustules (a kind of disease), [ib.] sparśamaṇi स्पर्शमणि sparśa—maṇi m. ‘touchstone’, a kind of philosopher's stone (supposed to turn everything it touches to gold), [L.] sparśanīya स्पर्शनीय mfn. to be touched, [Pañcat.] to be perceived or felt, [MBh.] sparśanaka स्पर्शनक n. (in Sāṃkhya) that which touches (said of the skin), [MW.] sparśasukha स्पर्शसुख sparśa—sukha mfn. pleasant to the touch, [MW.] sparśopala स्पर्शोपल m. = sparśa-maṇi, [Śatr.] sparṣṭavya स्पर्ष्टव्य mfn. = spraṣṭavya, [MW.] sparśājñatā स्पर्शाज्ञता sparśājña—tā f. sparśānandā स्पर्शानन्दा f. ‘delighting the touches’, an Apsaras, [L.] sparśaśuddhā स्पर्शशुद्धा sparśa—śuddhā f. ‘pure to the touches’, Asparagus Racemosus, [L.] sparśadveṣa स्पर्शद्वेष sparśa—dveṣa m. sensitiveness to touch, [Suśr.] sparśakṣama स्पर्शक्षम sparśa—kṣama mfn. capable of touch, tangible, [Śak.] sparśalajjā स्पर्शलज्जा sparśa—lajjā f. ‘shrinking from touches’, the sensitive plant, Mimosa Pudica, [L.] sparśasnāna स्पर्शस्नान sparśa—snāna n. bathing or ablution at the entrance of the sun or moon into an eclipse, [ib.] sparśavarga स्पर्शवर्ग sparśa—varga m. the whole class of Sparśa consonants (see sparśa), [RPrāt.] sparśavedya स्पर्शवेद्य sparśa—vedya mfn. to be known or apprehended by the sense of touches, [MW.] sparśayajña स्पर्शयज्ञ sparśa—yajña m. ‘touches-offering’, an offering consisting in the mere touches of the things offered, [MBh.] sparśānukūla स्पर्शानुकूल mfn. pleasant to the touch, cooling, [Śak.] sparśakliṣṭa स्पर्शक्लिष्ट sparśa—kliṣṭa mfn. painful to the touch, [Ml.] sparśarasika स्पर्शरसिक sparśa—rasika mfn. fond of sensation, sensual, lustful, [Śāntiś.] sparśaspanda स्पर्शस्पन्द sparśa—spanda (or, less correctly -syanda) m. ‘starting at the touches’, a frog, [L.] sparśavattva स्पर्शवत्त्व sparśa—vat—tva n. sparśavihāra स्पर्शविहार sparśa—vihāra m. a comfortable existence, [Mahāvy.] sparśendriya स्पर्शेन्द्रिय n. the sense of touch, [Suśr.] sparśāsahatva स्पर्शासहत्व sparśāsaha—tva or sparśāsa°hiṣṇu—tva, n. {cf. sparśāsaha} sparśāsahiṣṇu स्पर्शासहिष्णु sparśāsaha or sparśāsa°hiṣṇu, mfn. intolerant of touch, sensitive to touch (-tva n.), [Suśr.] sparśarūpavat स्पर्शरूपवत् sparśa—rūpa-vat mfn. pleasant to the touches and of beautiful appearance, [MBh.] sparśayitavya स्पर्शयितव्य mfn. (fr. Caus.) to be perceived or felt, [PraśnUp.] sparśaśabdavat स्पर्शशब्दवत् sparśa—śabda-vat mfn. palpable and audible, [BhP.] sparśanendriya स्पर्शनेन्द्रिय n. the sense of touch, [Suśr.] sparśasaṃcārin स्पर्शसंचारिन् sparśa—saṃcārin mfn. passing (from one to another) by contact, contagious, infectious, [Rājat.] sparśasaṃkocin स्पर्शसंकोचिन् sparśa—saṃkocin m. ‘closing at the touches’, Dioscorea Globosa, [L.] sparśatanmātra स्पर्शतन्मात्र sparśa—tanmātra n. the subtle element of tangibility (or of air), [Sāṃkhyak.] sparśoṣmasaṃdhi स्पर्शोष्मसंधि sparśoṣma-saṃdhi m. the junction of a Sparśa (q.v.) letter and sibilant &c. (cf. ūṣman), [RPrāt.] sparśarephasaṃdhi स्पर्शरेफसंधि sparśa—repha-saṃdhi m. the junction of a Sparśa (q.v.) letter and r, [RPrāt.] sparśāsahiṣṇutva स्पर्शासहिष्णुत्व sparśāsaha—tva or sparśāsa°hiṣṇu—tva, n. {cf. sparśāsaha} sparśayogaśāstra स्पर्शयोगशास्त्र sparśa—yoga-śāstra n. N. of a Yoga wk. spardhyāstaraṇavat स्पर्ध्यास्तरणवत् spardhyāstaraṇa-vat mfn. covered with a valuable carpet, [MBh.] sparśamaṇiprabhava स्पर्शमणिप्रभव sparśa—maṇi—prabhava n. ‘touches-stone-production’, gold, [L.] sparśatvajātipramāṇa स्पर्शत्वजातिप्रमाण sparśa—tva—jāti-pramāṇa n. N. of a Nyāya wk.