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vṛṣ

cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 56]) várṣati (ep. also Ā. varṣate and Ved. vṛṣate; pf. vavarṣa, vavṛṣe, [MBh.] &c.; 3. pl. P. ep. vavṛṣus, or vavarṣus; p. P. vavarṣvás, [MaitrS.]; Ā. vāvṛṣāṇá, [RV.]; Impv. vāvṛṣasva, [ib.]; aor. ávarṣīt, [RV.] &c. &c.; fut. vraṣṭā́, [MaitrS.]; varṣitā Gr.; varṣiṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. varṣitum, [MBh.] &c.; varṣṭos, [Br.]; ind.p. vṛṣṭvā, [ib.]; °ṭvī́, [RV.]; varṣitvā Gr.), to rain (either impers., or with Parjanya, Indra, the clouds &c., in nom.), [RV.] &c. &c. [cf. Gaëlic pas, a shower]; to rain down, shower down, pour forth, effuse, shed (Ā. = ‘to bestow or distribute abundantly’; also with instr. = ‘to rain upon, or overwhelm with’ e.g. with arrows; várṣati, ‘while it rains, during rain’), [ib.]; to strike, hurt, vex, harass, [Dhātup.] : Caus. varṣáyati (aor. avīvṛṣat or avavarṣat), to cause to rain (Parjanya &c.) or to fall down as rain (flowers &c.), [RV.]; [TS.]; [MBh.]; (without acc.) to cause or produce rain, [ChUp. ii, 3, 2]; to rain upon (= overwhelm) with (a shower of arrows instr.), [MBh.]; Ā. to have manly power, have generative vigour, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 30] : Desid. vivarṣiṣati Gr. (cf. vivarṣiṣu) : Intens. varīvṛṣyate, varīvarṣṭi &c., [ib.][For cognates See under varṣā and 1. vṛṣa.]