sam-√ bhṛ P. Ā. -bharati, °te (Ved. pf. -jabhāra), to draw together, roll or fold up, [RV. i, 115, 4]; (Ā.) to close (the jaws), [ib.] [x, 79, 1]; to bring together, gather, collect, unite, compose, arrange, prepare, make ready, procure (materials or ingredients of any kind, esp. for a sacrifice; with sam-bhārān°, ‘to collect all requisites’, ‘prepare what is necessary’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to pay back, [MaitrS.]; to maintain, cherish, [R.]; to offer, present, [MW.] : Caus. -bhārayati, to cause to bring together or prepare, [R.]