1. drA See drE .
2. drA cl. 2. P. drA/ti ( Impv. drA/tu , drA/ntu , RV. ; AV. ; pf. dadrur , p. Ā. dadrARa/ , RV. ; aor. adrAsIt ; Subj. drAsat , ib. ), to run, make haste: Caus. drApayati ( Desid. of Caus. di/drApayizati ), ŚBr. ; aor. adidrapat , Siddh. : Intens. da/ridrAti , TS. ; 3. pl. daridrati , Hit. ; to run hither and thither; to be in need or poor: Desid. of Intens. didaridrAsati and didaridrizati , Pāṇ. vi, 1, 14 , Vārtt. 2, Pat. [ Cf. √ 2. dru and dram ; Gk. δι-δρά-σκω , δρᾶ-ναι .]
drA 2 P. ( drAti, drARa ) 1 To sleep. 2 To run, make haste. 3 To fly, run away. 4 To be ashamed.