cl. 1. Ā. °ṭate (exceptionally P. °ti, [MBh. iii, 14703]; [Vet. ii, 9/10]; jaghaṭe, ghaṭiṣyate [[Naiṣ.]], aghaṭiṣṭa, [Bhaṭṭ.]), to be intently occupied about, be busy with, strive or endeavour after, exert one's self for (loc. dat. acc. [[MBh. iii, 14703]], prati, -artham and arthe; inf. [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 65]; [Bhaṭṭ.]); to reach, come to (loc.), [Vet. ii, 9/10]; to fall to the share of (loc.), [Naiṣ. x, 47]; to take effect, answer, [Kathās. cxxiv]; [Rājat. vi, 361]; to happen, take place, be possible, suit, [BhP.]; [Hcar.]; [Śiś. ix, 4]; [Ratnāv.]; [Naiṣ.]; [Sarvad.] &c.; to be in connection or united with (instr.), [Mālatīm. ii, 8]; [Daś. viii, 34]; [Rājat. iv, 617]; (for √ ghaṭṭ) to hurt with words, speak of malignantly, [Hariv. ii, 1, 31] : Caus. P. ghaṭayati ([Pāṇ. vi, 4, 92]; exceptionally Ā. °te, [Rājat. iv, 543]), to join together, connect, bring together, unite, [Suśr.]; [Śiś. ix, 87]; [Naiṣ. i, 46]; [Ratnāv.]; to shut, [Hcar. v, 253] (v.l.); to put or place or lay on (loc.), [Gīt. v], [vii], [xii]; to bring near, procure, [Bhartṛ. iii, 18]; [Amar.]; [Kathās. xviii]; [Vet.]; to effect, accomplish, produce, make, form, fashion, [Mṛcch.]; [VarBṛ.]; [Pañcat.] &c.; to do a service (acc.) to any one (gen.), [Rājat. v, 543]; to impel, [Bhaṭṭ. x, 73]; to exert one's self, [MBh. iii, 14702]; (for √ ghaṭṭ, Caus.) to rub, graze, touch, move, agitate, [iv], [vi] (C), [vii], [xii] ([5363], C): Caus. ghāṭayati, to hurt, injure, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 49]; to unite or put together, [ib.]; ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’ [93.]