Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

spṛś स्पृश् – touch

adjective · verbal root · substantive feminine · Word type unspecified · verb

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AYI dictionary verbal root
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified · verb

Original text · English · verb

spṛś spṛśáti1 ·v (spṛśáti1 (°te), pp. spṛṣṭá (q.v.) touch (acc. or loc.) esp. apás, udakam etc. touch water, also adbhis wash or sprinkle with water (r.); feel, perceive (by touching); reach up to (loc. or acc.); attain, obtain, incur, suffer. C. sparśaya°te), pp. spṛṣṭá (q.v.) touch (acc. or loc.) esp. apás, udakam etc. touch water, also adbhis wash or sprinkle with water (r.); feel, perceive (by touching); reach up to (loc. or acc.); attain, obtain, incur, suffer. C. sparśayati (°te) cause or make to touch (2 acc.), bring into immediate contact with (loc. or instr.); present to, bestow on (dat.). -- adhi touch (superficially). anu touch, fill with (instr.). abhi touch, visit, afflict. ā touch slightly. ud reach up to (acc.). upa touch, stroke, caress; w. apas etc. = S. (also ± instr. of the water & ± acc. of the touched parts of the body). samupa touch (esp. water or with water; cf. S.), bathe in (loc.). pari touch, stroke. sam touch, bring in contact with (instr.); reach to, attain, visit, befall; ±apas etc. wash, bathe (r.). -- Cf. upaspṛṣṭa, saṃspṛṣṭa.

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spṛś2 ·(nom. spṛk) & spṛśa a. touching, reaching (--°).

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · Word type unspecified

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2. spṛś, k, k, k, a toucher, who or what touches, touching, piercing (generally in comps.; cf. marma- spṛś).

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spṛś 1 . spṛś (cf. rt. sparś), cl. 6. P. (ep. also A.) spṛśati (-te), pasparśa (3rd pl. paspṛśuḥ; ep. 3rd sing. A. paspṛśe, 3rd pl. paspṛśire), sprakṣyati or sparkṣyati, asprā- kṣīt or aspārkṣīt or aspṛkṣat, Prec. spṛśyāt, spraṣṭum or sparṣṭum, to touch, graze; to handle, take hold of, (anyonyaṃ hastau spṛśa- taḥ, they mutually touch hands, i. e. they shake hands with each other); to cleave to, cling to, come in contact with; to act upon, affect; to take, re- ceive, accept (a sacrificial offering &c.); to reach, attain, obtain, undergo; to wash, sprinkle (e. g. adbhis, with water, Manu II. 60): Pass. spṛśyate, Aor. asparśi, to be touched; to be seized or affected by: Caus. sparśayati, -te, -yitum, Aor. apaspar- śat or apaspṛśat (according to some apispṛśat), to cause to touch, make to touch (with two acc.); to offer, present, give: Desid. pispṛkṣati: Intens. parīspṛśyate, parīspraṣṭi, parīsparṣṭi, &c.; [cf. Lat. spargo.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective

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√spṛś (von sparś) 1〉 adj. am Ende eines comp. P. 3,2,58. Declination VOP. 3,134. VOP. 3,149. a〉 berührend: vedi˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 1,8,28. KĀTY. ŚR. 17,11,18. KĀTY. ŚR. 18,5,6. KĀTY. ŚR. 26,7,14. śava˚ M. 5,64. kṣiti˚ (so v. a. Mensch) RAGH. 8,80. mātṛvargacaraṇa˚ RAGH. 11,7. bahu˚ Spr. (II) 7248. BHĀG. P. 10,37,7. — b〉 berührend so v. a. reichend bis: gagana˚ RAGH. 3,43. bhū˚ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 61,12. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 61,18. — c〉 erreichend so v. a. theilhaftig, an sich erfahrend, zeigend, verrathend: praṇaya˚ MĀLATĪM. 76,4. mada˚ KATHĀS. 10,24. KATHĀS. 110,130. vipulākhyā˚ (so zu verbinden) Verz. d. Oxf. H. 200,a,8 v. u. abjanālalīlāyita˚ RĀJA-TAR. 1,208. bhaya˚ RĀJA-TAR. 4,133. pakṣacchedodyama˚ RĀJA-TAR. 164. RĀJA-TAR. 5,343. aikamatyaspṛśo (so mit der ed. Calc. zu lesen) dvijāḥ RĀJA-TAR. 475. viplava˚ RĀJA-TAR. 8,915. — 2〉 f. = spṛkkā DHANV. 3,38. — Vgl. atala˚, upari˚, ṛta˚, kratu˚, ghṛta˚, tridina˚, diva˚, divi˚, nabhaḥ˚, bhuvi˚, bhū˚, bhūmi˚, mantra˚, marma˚, rajaḥ˚, ratha˚, viśva˚, hṛdaya˚, hṛdi˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive feminine

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spṛś — 1〉 Adj. am Ende eines Comp. (Nomin. spṛk) — a〉 berührend. — b〉 berührend, so v. a. reichend bis. — c〉 erreichend, so v. a. theilhaftig, an sich erfahrend, zeigend, verrathend Spr. 7688. — 2〉 f. = spṛkkā UTPALA zu VARĀH. BṚH. 75,1 (= brāhmī).

Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root

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spṛś — touch

Apte 1890 adjective · verbal root

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spṛś a. (At the end of comp.) Who or what touches, touching, affecting, piercing; marmaspṛś, hṛdispṛś &c.

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spṛś 6 P. (spṛśati, pasparśa, aspṛkṣat-aspārkṣīt-asprākṣīt, sprakṣyati-sparkṣyati, sparṣṭuṃspraṣṭuṃ, spṛṣṭa) 1 To touch; spṛśannapi gajo hati H. 3. 14; karṇe paraṃ spṛśati haṃti paraṃ samūlaṃ Pt. 1. 304. 2 To lay the hand on, stroke gently with, touch; hastena pasparśa tadaṃgamiṃdraḥ Ku. 3. 22. 3 ([Page 1153-b]) To adhere or cling to, come in contact with. 4 To wash or sprinkle with water; Ms. 2. 60. 5 To go to, reach; Ś. 2. 14; R. 3. 43. 6 To attain to, obtain, reach a particular state; mahokṣatāṃ vatsataraḥ spṛśanniva R. 3. 32; vināpyarthairvīraḥ spṛśati bahumānonnatipadaṃ H. 1. 175. 7 To act upon, influence, affect, move, touch; Mu. 7. 16; Ku. 6. 95. 8 To refer or allude to. 9 To take, receive, accept (as a sacrificial offering). — Pass. To be polluted, defiled, or tainted; U. 1. 48. — Caus. (sparśayati-te) 1 To cause to touch. 2 To give, present; gāḥ koṭiśaḥ sparśayatā ghaṭodhnīḥ R. 2. 49.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

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spṛś (Nom. spṛk) u. spṛśa berührend (—˚).

Burnouf 1866 adjective · verbal root

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spṛś spṛś a. [en compos.] qui touche.

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*spṛś spṛś. spṛśāmi, spṛśe 6; p. pasparśa; f1. spraṣṭāsmi et sparṣṭāsmi; f2. sprakṣyāmi et sparkṣyāmi; a1. asprākṣam, aspārkṣam et aspṛkṣam; o. spṛśyāsam; pp. spṛṣṭa. Toucher, ac. l. ou i. Asperger, adbhis avec de l'eau. Toucher, atteindre; na māṃ doṣas spṛśed ayam cette faute ne m'atteindrait pas. patiṃ tvāṃ spṛśāmi je te prends pour époux, Vd. Lat. spargere (?).

Occurrences in source texts (6)

DYS 2 occurrences
DYS 73–78: Kevala Kumbhaka 1 occurrence

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DYS 94–97: Pratyāhāra 1 occurrence

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.32: Preparation for Khecarī 1 occurrence

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.9*2–11*1: Sītkā / Sītkārī and Śītalī 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.11-3.16: Guru und Śraddhā 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 86–92: Light and Darkness 1 occurrence

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