vi-√ hṛ P. -harati (rarely Ā.), to put asunder, keep apart, separate, open, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; to distribute and transpose (verses or parts of verses), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; to disperse (clouds, opp. to saṃ-√ hṛ), [Hariv.]; (with talāt talam) to shift, let pass from hand to hand, [MBh.]; to divide (also arithmetically), [KātyŚr.]; [Gol.]; to construct (in geom.), [Śulbas.]; to cut off, sever, [MBh.]; to extract from (abl.), [ib.]; to carry away, remove, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]; to tear in pieces, lacerate, [RV.]; to move on, walk, [ĀśvŚr.]; to spend or pass (time), [Gobh.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to roam, wander through (acc.), [MBh.]; (esp.) to walk or roam about for pleasure, divert one's self, [Gaut.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (with mṛgayām, ‘to go about hunting’, [R.]); to shed (tears), [Śak.] : Desid. See vi-jihīrṣā, °ṣu (p. 960, col. 3).