or rambh (mostly comp. with a prep.; cf. √ grabh and See √ labh with which is connected) cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 5]) rábhate (mc. also °ti and ep. rambhati, °te; pf. rebhé, [RV.]; also rārabhe and 1. pl. rarabhmá; aor. árabdha, [RV.]; fut. rabdhā Gr.; rapsyati, [MBh.]; °te, [ib.] &c.; inf. rabdhum, [MBh.]; Ved. rábham, rábhe; ind.p. rábhya, [RV.] &c.), to take hold of, grasp, clasp, embrace, [BhP.] (arabhat, [Hariv. 8106] w.r. for ārabhat); to desire vehemently, [MW.]; to act rashly, [ib.] (cf. rabhas, rabhasa) : Pass. rabhyate aor. arambhi, [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 63] : Caus. rambhayati, °te aor. ararambhat, [ib.] : Desid. ripsate, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54] : Intens. rārabhyate, rārabhīti, rārabdhi (as far as these forms really occur, they are only found after prepositions; cf. anv-ā-, ā-, prā-, vy-ā-, pari-, saṃ-rabh &c.)