vy-ā-√ hṛ P. Ā. -harati, °te, to utter or pronounce a sound, speak, say to (acc.), converse with (saha), name (with nāmabhis, to call by name; with praśnān, to answer questions; with udāharāṇi, to state examples), [TBr.] &c. &c.; to begin to talk (said of a child), [MBh.]; to confess, avow to (gen.), [ib.]; to utter inarticulate sounds, cry, scream (said of animals), [KātyŚr.]; to sport, enjoy one's self (exceptionally for vi-√ hṛ), [BhP.]; to cut off, sever, [MBh. vi, 2757] (B. vi-√ hṛ) : Desid. -jihīrṣati, to wish to pronounce or utter, [ŚBr.]