Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

sparśa स्पर्श – Touch

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

sparśá ·a. touching, penetrating (--°); m. touch, contact; perception of touch, feeling, sensation. Abstr. °tāÅ f., °tvaÅ n.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Sparśa, as, m. touching, touch, perception by touch, handling, contact; sexual union; collision, con- flict, encounter (= sam-parāya); the quality of tangi- bility (which is the Viṣaya for the skin; see sāṅ- khya); feeling, sensation; anything which touches or comes in contact, (eleven such Sparśas are enume- rated, viz. 1. uṣṇa, hot; 2. śīta, cold; 3. sukha, pleasant; 4. duḥkha, painful; 5. snigdha, greasy; 6. viśada, clean; 7. khara, hard; 8. mṛdu, soft; 9. ślakṣṇa, smooth; 10. laghu, light; 11. guru, heavy); who or what affects or acts upon or in- fluences; affection, morbid affection or influence, any- thing the contact or influence of which causes pain or disease, disorder, sickness, fever; air, wind; a consonant of any of the five classes of Gutturals, Palatals, Cerebrals, Dentals, and Labials (so called be- cause the first four are pronounced by the contact of the tongue with the four places of utterance [see sthāna, spṛṣṭa], throat, palate, top of palate, and teeth; the fifth class or labials being formed by contact of the lips); contact (in astron.); presentation, gift, donation, offering, (kāka-sparśa, a particular cere- mony on the tenth day after a death, putting out a lump of rice as an offering for the crows); a spy (probably for spaśa, q. v.); (ā), f. a wanton or unchaste wo- man.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

sparśa sparśa, sparśana, &c. See p. 1151.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

sparśa (von sparś) 1〉 adj. berührend, rührend, dringend in: manaḥ˚ BHĀG. P. 3,21,10. = sparśaka H. an. 2,555. MED. ś. 14. — 2〉 m. (n. BHĀG. P. 3,5,32) P. 3,3,16. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā. a〉 Berührung H. an. MED. hanti sparśenāvaravarṇajaḥ M. 3,241. makṣikāḥ u. s. w. sparśe medhyāni M. 5,133. MEGH. 89. Spr. (II) 3418. Spr. (II) 6992. taṃ patiṃ sparśe 'pyavarjayat KATHĀS. 27,186. ˚kṣama ŚĀK. 27. bhūṣaṇavāsasām M. 8,357. Spr. (II) 3420. Spr. (II) 6522. sutasya VIKR. 149. pāda˚ M. 3,230. bhasmapaṅkarajaḥ˚ YĀJÑ. 2,213. MEGH. 101. suta˚ RAGH. 3,26. RAGH. 14,2. RAGH. 12,65. ŚĀK. 103,19. ŚĀK. 103,125. śastra˚ Spr. (II) 7175. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 51,30. MĀRK. P. 69,9. KATHĀS. 4,63. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 283,a,1. fgg. RĀJA-TAR. 3,411. RĀJA-TAR. 4,535. BHĀG. P. 1,8,5. BHĀG. P. 1,11,23. HIT. 40,3. am Ende eines adj. comp. R. GORR. 2,47,2. MEGH. 61. Spr. (II) 6597. KATHĀS. 71,304. RĀJA-TAR. 4,22. — b〉 Berührung in astr. Sinne VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,6. insbes. Anfang einer Eklipse GAṆIT. CANDRAGR. 20. GOLĀDHY. GRAHAṆAV. 1. — c〉 Berührung, Contact in übertr. Bed.: bāhyasparśāḥ BHAG. 5,21. mātrāsparśāḥ BHAG. 2,14. BHĀG. P. 1,6,35. vividhaviṣayarasa˚ PRAB. 2,10. guṇa˚ BHĀG. P. 6,18,74. ˚ja BHĀG. P. 4,9,9. — d〉 eine durch Berührung wahrgenommene Eigenschaft der Dinge; Gefühl AK. 1,1,4,16. H. 1384. sarveṣāṃ sparśānāṃ tvagekāyanam ŚAT. BR. 14,5,4,11. tvacā sparśānvedayate ŚAT. BR. 14,6,2,9. vāyuḥ sparśaguṇaḥ M. 1,76. M. 12,98. vāyavyastu guṇaḥ sparśaḥ sparśaśca bahudhā smṛtaḥ . uṣṇaḥ śītaḥ u. s. w. MBH. 12,6855. fgg. MBH. 14,1415. fgg. KAṆ. 2,1,9. NYĀYAS. 1,1,14. SUŚR. 1,355,13. ˚doṣa SUŚR. 171,1. TARKAS. 14. TATTVAS. 12. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 225,a, No. 549. BHĀG. P. 3,5,32. SARVADARŚANAS. 19,22. SARVADARŚANAS. 87,12. SARVADARŚANAS. 149,4. BHĀṢĀP. 3. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 69. BURNOUF, Intr. 487. BURNOUF, Intr. 500. sparśān — tvagadhigacchati MBH. 14,663. vedaye na ca saṃyuktān śabdasparśarasānaham R. 2,64,67. īdṛśastu tvayā sparśaḥ spṛṣṭapūrvo na karhicit MBH. 4,744. sparśaṃ vetsi MBH. 4,745. sparśataḥ sukhaḥ R. 3,22,20. sparśaṃ rūpayitvā ŚĀK. 32,15, v. l. VIKR. 47,13. MĀLAV. 29,13. sparśānukūla Spr. (II) 6403. vajra˚ das bei der Berührung des Donnerkeils empfundene Gefühl R. 1,40,18. śiraḥśūla˚ Gefühl von Kopfschmerz DAŚAK. 78,6. īrṣyā˚ Gefühl der Eifersucht KATHĀS. 17,151. am Ende eines adj. comp.: divyagandharasa˚ R. 5,17,11. atiśiśira˚ Spr. (II) 543. khara˚ BHĀG. P. 1,14,16. śīta˚ SARVADARŚANAS. 6,1. indrāśanisama˚ MBH. 5,7271. R. 2,30,12. — e〉 ein angenehmes Gefühl Spr. (II) 2131 (so v. a. Zartheit der Haut). — f〉 ein krankhaftes Gefühl, Krankheit Vārtt. zu P. 3,3,16. AK. 3,3,14. TRIK. 3,3,433. H. an. MED. — g〉 Gefühlssinn: mṛduśītoṣṇāḥ sparśagrāhyāḥ SUŚR. 1,153,4. TARKAS. 48. antaḥ˚ adj. BHĀG. P. 3,10,18. — h〉 Gabe, Geschenk TRIK. H. an. MED. — i〉 quidam coeundi modus ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. — k〉 Wind ŚKDR. und WILSON ohne Angabe einer best. Aut. — l〉 in der Gramm. eine Muta H. an. ṚV. PRĀT. 1,2 (ṚV. PRĀT. 1,12). ṚV. PRĀT. 1,3 (ṚV. PRĀT. 1,13). ṚV. PRĀT. 1,20 (ṚV. PRĀT. 1,30). ṚV. PRĀT. 4,1. ṚV. PRĀT. 6,5. VS. PRĀT. 1,49. VS. PRĀT. 1,90. VS. PRĀT. 1,105. VS. PRĀT. 4,11. VS. PRĀT. 4,94. VS. PRĀT. 4,99. VS. PRĀT. 4,117. VS. PRĀT. 4,162. VS. PRĀT. 8,20. AV. PRĀT. 1,6. AV. PRĀT. 1,29. AV. PRĀT. 1,44 u. s. w. TS. PRĀT. 1,7. TS. PRĀT. 1,10. TS. PRĀT. 2,44 u. s. w. ˚rephasaṃdhi ṚV. PRĀT. 4,30. sparśoṣmasaṃdhi 33. ˚varga ṚV. PRĀT. 5,21. ĀŚV. ŚR. 1,2,16. CHĀND. UP. 2,22,3. BHĀG. P. 2,9,6. BHĀG. P. 3,12,46. BHĀG. P. 12,6,43. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 104,b,34. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 104,b,36. — m〉 fehlerhaft für spaśa MBH. 1,5792. MED. ś. 15. — 3〉 f. ā von unbekannter Bed. in der Stelle: kīrtimāśāṃ diśaṃ (diśāṃ die neuere Ausg.) sparśāṃ namasyāmi sarasvatīm HARIV. 10243. ein untreues Weib ŚABDĀRTHAK._im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. atala˚, udaka˚, duḥ˚, mṛdu˚, veda˚, śukti˚, su˚, sukha˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

sparśá — 1〉 Adj. am Ende eines Comp. — a〉 berührend in abhūtalasparśa. — b〉 rührend, dringend in manaḥ sparśa. — 2〉 m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a〉 Berührung. — b〉 Berührung in astr. Sinne, insbes. der Anfang einer Eklipse. — c〉 Berührung, Contact in über tragener Bed. — d〉 eine durch Berührung wahrgenommene Eigenschaft der Dinge, Gefühl. sparśatas für das Gefühl (angenehm). vajra˚ das bei der Berührung, des Donnerkeils empfundene Gefühl, śiraḥsūlasparśa Gefühl von Kopfschmerz, īrṣyāsparśa Gefühl der Eifersucht. — e〉 ein angenehmes Gefühl. — f〉 ein krankhaftes Gefühl, Krankheit. — g〉 Gefühlssinn. — h〉 Gabe, Geschenk. — i〉 quidam coeundi modus. — k〉 Wind. — l〉 in der Grammatik Bez. der Mutae und Nasale. — m〉 MBH. 1,5792. ŚIŚ. 17,20 und sonst fehlerhaft für spaśa. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 ein untreues Weib. — b〉 HARIV. 10243 von unbekannter Bed.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

sparśa VII. Nach JACOBI im NYĀYA und VAIŚEṢIKA nur Temperatur. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

sparśaḥ 1 [sparś, spṛś vā-ghañ] Touch, contact (in all senses); tadidaṃ sparśakṣamaṃ ratnaṃ Ś. 1. 28, Ś. 2. 7. 2 Contact (in astr). 3 Conflict, encounter. 4 Feeling. sensation, the sense of touch. 5 The quality of touch or tangibility, touch, the object or viṣaya of skin (tvac); sparśa guṇo vāyuḥ T. S. 6 That which affects or influences, affection, seizure. 7 Disease, illness, disorder, distemper. 8 A consonant of any of the five classes of letters (from k to m); kādayo māṃtāḥ sparśāḥ. 9 A gift, donation, presentation. 10 Air, wind. 11 The sky. 12 Sexual union. 13 A secret spy. — rśā An unchaste woman. Comp. — ajña a. senseless, insensible. — iṃdriyaṃ the organ or sense of touch. — udaya a. followed by a consonant. — upalaḥ, -maṇiḥ a kind of jewel considered to be the same as ‘philosopher's stone’. — tanmātraṃ the subtile element of tangibility. — lajjā the sensitive plant. — vedya a. to be apprehended by the sense of touch. — saṃcārin a. contagious, infectious. — snānaṃ ablution at the entrance of the sun or moon into an eclipse. — spaṃdaḥ, -syaṃdaḥ a frog.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

sparśa m. Berührung (auch adj. —˚), Gefühl, Fühlbarkeit. ˚tas von Seiten des Gefühls o. für das Gefühl.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

sparśa sparśa m. (spṛś) contact; toucher. Vent, souffle. Don, présent. Fièvre; tout ce qui cause de la douleur. Consonne [de l'une des 5 classes de cinq], tg. — F. sparśā femme de mauvaises mœurs. sparśaka a. qui touche. sparśana n. contact; le toucher. Don, présent. — M. le vent. sparśamaṇi m. pierre de touche (?). sparśamaṇiprabhava n. or. sparśayāmi (c. de spṛś); pqp. apasparśam et apispṛśam. Faire toucher qqc. par qqn., 2 ac. Offrir, donner. sparśalajjā f. la sensitive, bot. sparśaśuddhā f. asperge à grappes. sparśasyanda m. grenouille. sparśānandā f. (ānanda) np. d'une Apsaras.

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.19*2–21*1: Plāvanī: Supported on water 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 1.71-1.81: Avidyā und Elemente 3 occurrences

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 65–74: Joy and Enjoyment 1 occurrence

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