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spṛस्पृ(v.l. stṛ and smṛ) cl. 5. P. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 13]) spṛṇóti (in Veda also spṛṇuté; pf. paspāra, [Br.]; aor. aspar Subj. sparat Impv. spṛdhi, [RV.]; áspārṣam, [ib.]; fut. spartā, spariṣyati Gr.; inf. spárase, [RV.]; ind.p. spṛtvā́, [Br.]), to release, extricate or deliver from (abl.), save, gain, win, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [TUp.] : Caus. spāráyati, to attract to one's self, win, [TBr.]; to preserve, save, rescue, [ib.]; to gladden, delight, gratify, bestow, [Dhātup.]
incorrect for √ spṝ.
spṛdhस्पृध्spardh (or ; 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.)
spṛ́dh f. contest, competition, battle, fight, [RV.]
a rival, adversary, [ib.]
spṛ́dh m. a rival, enemy, [BhP.]
spṛ́dh mfn. emulous, vying with (comp.), [ib.]
spṛ́dh m. desirous of [ib.]
See √ spardh, col. 2.
spṛśस्पृश्cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 128]) spṛśáti (mc. also °te; pr. p. spṛśāna, [MBh.]; impf. asparśat, [BhP.]; pf. pasparśa, paspṛśuḥ, paspṛśe, [ib.] &c.; Subj. paspárśat, [RV.]; aor. aspṛkṣat, [AV.]; [Br.]; asprākṣīt, [Br.]; [MBh.]; aspārkṣīt Gr.; Prec. spṛśyāt, [MBh.]; fut. spraṣṭā or sparṣṭā Gr.; sparkṣyati, [ib.]; sprakṣyati, [MBh.]; inf. spraṣṭum, [ib.] &c.; -spṛ́śe, [RV.]; -spṛ́śas, [Br.]; ind.p. spṛṣṭvā, -spṛ́śya, [ib.] &c.), to touch, feel with the hand, lay the hand on (acc. or loc.), graze, stroke, [RV.] &c. &c.; to handle, take hold of (anyo 'nyaṃ hastau spṛśataḥ, ‘they mutually touch or shake hands’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (with apáḥ, udakam, jalam; or adbhis &c.) to touch or sip water, wash or sprinkle certain parts of the body with water, [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn. ii, 60]; [MBh.] &c.; to touch so as to hurt, injure, harm, [Kathās.] ; to perceive or feel by touch, [Up.]; [Mn.]; [VarBṛS.]; to touch, come into contact (lit.; and fig. in astron. sense), [VarBṛS.]; to reach or penetrate to (loc. or acc.; with karṇam, ‘to come to the ears’; with kriyām, ‘to set about any action’), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to come up to, equal (acc.; with girā, ‘to equal with words’ i.e. ‘to be able to describe’), [Kāv.]; to act upon, affect, [Sarvad.]; [BhP.]; to touch i.e. endow or fill with (instr.), [RV. iv, 3, 15]; to touch i.e. befall, fall to the lot of, come upon, visit, afflict (acc.), [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to touch, take hold of, make one's own, appropriate, [MBh. iv, 135]; to attain to, obtain, experience, undergo, [MBh.]; [Kām.] &c.; to grant, bestow (cf. Caus.), [BhP.] : Pass. spṛśyate (aor. asparśi), to be touched or seized or affected by, [MBh.] &c.: Caus. sparśayati, °te (aor. apasparśat or apispṛśat; Subj. pispṛśaḥ, °śati, [RV.]), to cause to touch (two acc.), bring into immediate contact with (loc. or instr.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to convey to (loc.), [RV.]; to fill or cover with (instr.) &c.; to perceive by touch, feel, [MaitrUp.]; to offer, present, give, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. pispṛkṣati (cf. pispṛkṣu) Gr.: Intens. parīspṛśyate, parīspraṣṭi, parīsparṣṭi, [ib.]
mfn. (generally ifc.; nom. spṛk) touching, coming into contact with (see kṣiti-, śava-spṛś &c.)
reaching to (see gagana-, bhūspṛś &c.)
experiencing, betraying, [Kāv.]
f. = spṛkkā, [VarBṛS.], Sch.
spṛhस्पृह्(connected with √ spardh, spṛdh) cl. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xxxv, 19]) spṛháyati (mc. also °te; pr. p. spṛhayat or spṛhayamāṇa, once in [Āpast.] spṛhantī; pf. spṛhayām-āsa or -babhūva, [MBh.] &c.; aor. apaspṛhat inf. spṛhayitum Gr.), to be eager, desire eagerly, long for (dat. gen., or acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to envy, be jealous of (dat. gen., or acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
[cf. Gk. σπέρχω; Germ. springen; Eng. spring.]
See puru-spṛ́h and ni spṛ́h.
spṛtस्पृत्spṛ́t mfn. (only ifc.) delivering one's self from, removing, avoiding (see kilbiṣa-spṛt)
gaining, winning (see dhana- and loka-spṛt)
spṛ́t f. a kind of brick, [ŚBr.]
spṛśāस्पृशाf. a kind of plant (= bhujaṃga-ghātinī), [L.]
spṛśīस्पृशीf. the prickly nightshade, Solanum Jacquini, [L.]
spṛśaस्पृशmfn. touching, reaching to (in sarvadvāra-sp°), [MBh.]
m. touch, contact (in duḥ-sp°, q.v.)
spṛśiस्पृशिmfn. = viṣaya-spṛś, [Hariv. 7433] ([Nīlak.])
spṛhāस्पृहाf. (ifc. f(A). ) eager desire, desire, covetousness, envy, longing for, pleasure or delight in (dat., gen. loc., or comp.; acc. with √ kṛ or bandh, ‘to long for, be desirous of [loc. or comp.]’; with √ kṛ, ‘to envy any one [loc.]’), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
a kind of plant (v.l. spṛśā), [L.]
spṛtaस्पृतmfn. saved, gained, won, [PañcavBr.]
spṛtiस्पृतिspṛ́ti f. = spara, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
spṛdhyaस्पृध्य. See mitha-spṛ°.
spṛśyāस्पृश्याf. N. of one of the Samidhs (q.v.), [KātyŚr.], Sch.
spṛśyaस्पृश्यmfn. to be touched or felt, tangible, sensible, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
to be taken in possession or appropriated, [Rājat.]
spṛhyaस्पृह्यmfn. to be wished for or desired, [W.]
m. the citron tree, [L.]
spṛkkāस्पृक्काf. Trigonella Corniculata, [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.]
spṛṣṭaस्पृष्टmfn. touched, felt with the hand handled, [AV.] &c. &c.
affected or afflicted or possessed by (instr. or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
defiled (cf. comp.)
(in gram.) formed by complete contact of the organs of utterance (applied to all consonants except semivowels [called īṣat-spṛṣṭa, ‘formed by slight contact’] and except sibilants and h, which are called ardha-spṛṣṭa, ‘formed by half-contact’), [Prāt.]; [Śikṣ.]
spṛṣṭiस्पृष्टिspṛ́ṣṭi f. touch, touching, contact, [ŚBr.]
spṛdhānaस्पृधानspṛdhāná. See root.
spṛhāluस्पृहालुmfn. = spṛhayālu, [L.]
spṛhaṇaस्पृहणn. (ifc.) longing for, coveting, striving after, [MBh.]
spṛhitaस्पृहितmfn. desired, wished for, longed for, [MW.]
spṛṣṭinस्पृष्टिन्mfn. (only ifc.) one who has touched, [Gaut.]
spṛhāvatस्पृहावत्spṛhā—vat mfn. desirous of, longing for, delighting in (loc.), [Ragh.]; [MārkP.]
spṛṣṭakaस्पृष्टकn. a kind of embrace, [L.]
spṛṣṭatāस्पृष्टताspṛṣṭa—tā f. formation by contact (see prec.), [VPrāt.]
spṛṣṭikāस्पृष्टिकाf. touching parts of the body (as the feet &c., an asseveration or taking an oath), [Mṛcch.]; [Mcar.]
f. See under spṛṣṭaka above.
spṛhaṇīyaस्पृहणीयmfn. to be wished or longed for, desirable, attractive to (gen. or instr.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
enviable, to be envied by (gen.), [R.]; [Kathās.]
spṛhayāluस्पृहयालुmfn. eagerly, desirous, eager, jealous, envious, longing for or to (dat. loc., or inf.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
spṛhayitṛस्पृहयितृmfn. one who envies, an envier of (gen.), [Nir.], Sch.
spṛṣṭavyaस्पृष्टव्यw.r. for spraṣṭavya, [Hit.]
spṛhayāyyaस्पृहयाय्यspṛhayā́yya mfn. to be striven after or contended for, desirable, [RV.]
desiring, desirous (= spṛhayālu), [Uṇ. iii, 96], Sch.
spṛhayā́yya m. = nakṣatra, [ib.]
spṛhaṇīyatāस्पृहणीयताspṛhaṇīya—tā f.
spṛhayālutāस्पृहयालुताspṛhayālu—tā f. (ifc.) desire of, longing for, [Śāntiś.]
spṛṣṭamātraस्पृष्टमात्रspṛṣṭa—mātra mfn. merely touched, [MW.]
spṛṣṭapūrvaस्पृष्टपूर्वspṛṣṭa—pūrva mfn. felt or experienced before, [MBh.]
spṛhaṇīyatvaस्पृहणीयत्वspṛhaṇīya—tva n. desirableness, enviableness, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]
spṛṣṭāspṛṣṭiस्पृष्टास्पृष्टिspṛṣṭā-spṛṣṭi ind. mutual touching, touching one another, [L.] (cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 27]).
spṛṣṭamaithunaस्पृष्टमैथुनspṛṣṭa—maithuna mfn. defiled by sexual intercourse, [Mn. viii, 205.]
spṛhaṇīyaśobhaस्पृहणीयशोभspṛhaṇīya—śobha mfn. having desirable or enviable beauty, [MW.]
spṛhayadvarṇaस्पृहयद्वर्णspṛhayád-varṇa mfn. striving after or eager for any partic. appearance or form, vying in appearance or lustre, [RV.]