mfn. touched, felt with the hand handled, [AV.] &c. &c.
affected or afflicted or possessed by (instr. or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
defiled (cf. comp.)
(in gram.) formed by complete contact of the organs of utterance (applied to all consonants except semivowels [called īṣat-spṛṣṭa, ‘formed by slight contact’] and except sibilants and h, which are called ardha-spṛṣṭa, ‘formed by half-contact’), [Prāt.]; [Śikṣ.]