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snā

(cf. √ snu) cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 44]) snā́ti cl. 4. P. ([Nir. vii, 12]) snāyati (ep. also Ā. snāyate Pot. snāyāt; ep. also snāyīta; pf. sasnau, 3. pl. sasnuḥ, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; fut. snātā Gr.; snāsyati, °te, [MBh.] &c.; aor. asnāsīt Gr.; Prec. snāyāt [cf. above] or sneyāt, [ib.]; inf. snātum, [Br.] &c.; ind.p. snātvā́, -snā́ya, [RV.] &c.; Ved. also snātvī, [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 49]), to bathe, perform the ceremony of bathing or certain prescribed oblations (esp. on returning home from the house of a religious preceptor, or on concluding certain vows &c., also with avabhṛtham), [RV.] &c. &c.; to smear one's self with (instr.), [Sarvad.] : Pass. snāyate (aor. asnāyi impers.), [Rājat.] : Caus. snāpáyati or snapáyati, (with prep. only snāp°), to cause to bathe, wash, cleanse, [AV.] &c. &c.; to wash away, [AV. x, 1, 9]; to steep or soak in (loc.), [Bhpr.]; to bathe with tears, weep for (?), [MW.] : Desid. sisnāsati, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 61] (but cf. siṣṇāsu) : Intens. sāsnāyate, sāsnāti, sāsneti Gr.

[cf. Gk. νάω, νᾶμα; Lat. nare.]

(or ṣṇā) mfn. bathing, bathed or immersed in (cf. ghṛta-, su-snā &c.)