plu cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxii, 62 ; cf. xiv, 40 ) pla/vate (rarely P. °ti ; pf. pupluve , Br. &c., 3. pl. vuH , Hariv. ; aor. aplozwa , Br. &c., 2. pl. aploQvam , Pāṇ. viii, 3, 78 , Sch. ; Prec. plozIzwa , vii, 2, 43 , Sch. ; fut. plozyati , °te , Br. &c.; ind.p. -plU/ya , ŚBr. ; -plutya , MBh. &c.), to float, swim, RV. &c. &c.; to bathe, MBh. ; Ragh. ; to go or cross in a boat, sail, navigate, MBh. ; Hariv. ; to sway to and fro, hover, soar, fly, Br. ; MBh. ; Hariv. ; to blow (as the wind), MBh. ; Var. ; to pass away, vanish by degrees, ŚBr. ; R. ( v.l. ); to be lengthened or prolated (as a vowel See pluta ), RPrāt. ; ĀpŚr. , Sch. ; (older form pru , q.v. ) to hop, skip, leap, jump, spring from ( abl. ) or to or into or over or upon ( acc. ), MBh. ; R. &c.: Caus. plAvayati (rarely °te , or plavayati ; aor. apiplavat , Bhaṭṭ. , apupl° Gr. ), to cause to float or swim, bathe, wash, inundate, submerge, KātyŚr. ; MBh. &c. ; to overwhelm i.e. supply abundantly with ( instr. ), MBh. ; to wash away, remove (guilt, sin &c.), MBh. ; BhP. ; to purify, MBh. ; to prolate (a vowel), ŚrS. ; to cause to jump or stagger, Bhaṭṭ. : Desid. of Caus. piplAvayizati or puplAvayizati , Pāṇ. vii, 4, 81 : Desid. puplUzate Gr. : Intens. poplUyate , to swim about or rapidly, R. ; Var.
plu 1 A. ( plavate, pluta ) 1 To float, swim; kiM nAmEtat majjaMtyalAbUni grAvARaH plavaMta iti Mv. 1 ; kleSottaraM rAgavaSAt plavaMte R. 16. 60 ; plavaMte DarmalaGavo lokeM'Basi yaTA plavAH Subhāṣ. 2 To cross in a boat. 3 To swing to and fro, vibrate. 4 To leap, jump, spring; Bk. 5. 48 ; 14. 13 , 15. 46. 5 To plunge into, bathe. 6 To fly or haste away. 7 To blow (as the wind). 8 To fade away, disappear. 9 To soar, hover about. 10 To skip. 11 To be prolated or lengthened (as a vowel). — Caus. ( plAvayati-te ) 1 To cause to swim or float. 2 To remove, wash away. 3 To bathe. 4 To inundate, deluge, flood, submerge; yEH plAvayizyaMti samaMtato'mI Śi. 3. 74 , 7. 74. 5 To cause to reel or fluctuate. 6 To lengthen, prolate (a vowel.). -WITH aBi 1 to overflow. 2 to overwhelm, overcome.