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spṛś

cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 128]) spṛśáti (mc. also °te; pr. p. spṛśāna, [MBh.]; impf. asparśat, [BhP.]; pf. pasparśa, paspṛśuḥ, paspṛśe, [ib.] &c.; Subj. paspárśat, [RV.]; aor. aspṛkṣat, [AV.]; [Br.]; asprākṣīt, [Br.]; [MBh.]; aspārkṣīt Gr.; Prec. spṛśyāt, [MBh.]; fut. spraṣṭā or sparṣṭā Gr.; sparkṣyati, [ib.]; sprakṣyati, [MBh.]; inf. spraṣṭum, [ib.] &c.; -spṛ́śe, [RV.]; -spṛ́śas, [Br.]; ind.p. spṛṣṭvā, -spṛ́śya, [ib.] &c.), to touch, feel with the hand, lay the hand on (acc. or loc.), graze, stroke, [RV.] &c. &c.; to handle, take hold of (anyo 'nyaṃ hastau spṛśataḥ, ‘they mutually touch or shake hands’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (with apáḥ, udakam, jalam; or adbhis &c.) to touch or sip water, wash or sprinkle certain parts of the body with water, [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn. ii, 60]; [MBh.] &c.; to touch so as to hurt, injure, harm, [Kathās.] ; to perceive or feel by touch, [Up.]; [Mn.]; [VarBṛS.]; to touch, come into contact (lit.; and fig. in astron. sense), [VarBṛS.]; to reach or penetrate to (loc. or acc.; with karṇam, ‘to come to the ears’; with kriyām, ‘to set about any action’), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to come up to, equal (acc.; with girā, ‘to equal with words’ i.e. ‘to be able to describe’), [Kāv.]; to act upon, affect, [Sarvad.]; [BhP.]; to touch i.e. endow or fill with (instr.), [RV. iv, 3, 15]; to touch i.e. befall, fall to the lot of, come upon, visit, afflict (acc.), [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to touch, take hold of, make one's own, appropriate, [MBh. iv, 135]; to attain to, obtain, experience, undergo, [MBh.]; [Kām.] &c.; to grant, bestow (cf. Caus.), [BhP.] : Pass. spṛśyate (aor. asparśi), to be touched or seized or affected by, [MBh.] &c.: Caus. sparśayati, °te (aor. apasparśat or apispṛśat; Subj. pispṛśaḥ, °śati, [RV.]), to cause to touch (two acc.), bring into immediate contact with (loc. or instr.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to convey to (loc.), [RV.]; to fill or cover with (instr.) &c.; to perceive by touch, feel, [MaitrUp.]; to offer, present, give, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. pispṛkṣati (cf. pispṛkṣu) Gr.: Intens. parīspṛśyate, parīspraṣṭi, parīsparṣṭi, [ib.]

mfn. (generally ifc.; nom. spṛk) touching, coming into contact with (see kṣiti-, śava-spṛś &c.)

reaching to (see gagana-, bhūspṛś &c.)

experiencing, betraying, [Kāv.]

f. = spṛkkā, [VarBṛS.], Sch.