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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.
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.]
spṛhyaस्पृह्यmfn. to be wished for or desired, [W.]
m. the citron tree, [L.]
spṛhāluस्पृहालुmfn. = spṛhayālu, [L.]
spṛhaṇaस्पृहणn. (ifc.) longing for, coveting, striving after, [MBh.]
spṛhitaस्पृहितmfn. desired, wished for, longed for, [MW.]
spṛhāvatस्पृहावत्spṛhā—vat mfn. desirous of, longing for, delighting in (loc.), [Ragh.]; [MārkP.]
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.
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.]
spṛhaṇīyatvaस्पृहणीयत्वspṛhaṇīya—tva n. desirableness, enviableness, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]
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.]