gAh ( cf. √ gAD ) cl. 1. Ā. gA/hate ( ep. also P. °hati ; perf. jagAhe fut. 2nd gAhizyate [ fut. 1st -gAhitA , or -gAQA , Kāś. on Pāṇ. vii, 2, 44 ]; aor. agAhizwa [ Bhaṭṭ. xv, 59 ] or agAQa , Pāṇ. viii, 3, 13 , Sch. [not in Kāś. ]; inf. gAhitum ) to dive into, bathe in, plunge into ( acc. ), penetrate, enter deeply into ( acc. ), AitBr. iii, 48, 9 ; TāṇḍyaBr. xiv f. ; Kauś. ; MBh. &c. (with kakzAm , ‘to be a match for ( gen. )’, Vcar. ii, 11 ); to roam, range, rove, Megh. 49 ; Pāṇ. ii, 4, 30 , Kāś. ; Bhaṭṭ. ; to be absorbed in ( acc. ), Kum. v, 46.
gAh 1 A. [ gAhate, jagAhe, agAhizwa , agAQa, gAhituM, gAQuM, gAQa or gAhita ] 1 To dive or plunge into, bathe, immerse oneself into (as water); gAhaMtAM mahizA nipAnasalilaM SfMgErmuhustAqitaM Ś. 2. 6 ; gAhitAse'Ta puRyasya gaMgAmUrtimiva drutAM Bk. 22. 11 , 14. 67 ; ( fig. also); manastu me saMSayameva gAhate Ku. 5. 46 is plunged into or entertains doubt. 2 To enter deeply into, penetrate, roam or range over; gAhitamaKilaM gahanaM Bv. 1. 21 ; kadAcitkAnanaM jagAhe K. 58 ; UnaM na sattvezvaDiko babADe tasminvanaM goptari gAhamAne R. 2. 14 ; Me. 48 ; H. 1. 171 ; Ki. 13. 24. 3 To stir up, agitate, shake, churn. 4 To be absorbed in (with loc. ). 5 To hide oneself in. 6 To destroy. WITH saM to enter, go to or into, penetrate into; samagAhizwa cAMbaraM Bk. 15. 59.