cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 122]) majjati (Ved. májjati, ep. also °te; pf. mamajja [2. sg. mamajjitha, or mamaṅktha] [MBh.]; aor. [mā] majjīs, [ib.]; amāṅkṣīt, [Bhaṭṭ.]; Prec. majjyāt, [ŚBr.]; fut. maṅkṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; majjiṣyati, [MBh.]; maṅktā Gr.; inf. majjitum, [MBh.]; maṅktum Gr.; ind.p. maṅktvā or maktvā, [ib.]; májjya, [AV.]), to sink (into), (acc. or loc.), go down, go to hell, perish, become ruined, [RV.] &c. &c.; to sink (in water), dive, plunge or throw one's self into (loc.), bathe, be submerged or drowned, [ṢaḍvBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. majjáyati (aor. amamajjat Gr.), to cause to sink, submerge, drown, overwhelm, destroy, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.; to inundate, [MBh.]; to strike or plant into (loc.), [ib.] : Desid. mimaṅkṣati or mimajjiṣati Gr. (cf. mimaṅkṣā) : Intens. māmajjyate, māmaṅkti, [ib.]
[cf. Lat. mergere, and under majjan.]