sparSaH 1 [ sparS, spfS vA-GaY ] Touch, contact (in all senses); tadidaM sparSakzamaM ratnaM Ś. 1. 28 , 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 vizaya of skin ( tvac ); sparSa guRo vAyuH 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 ); kAdayo mAMtAH sparSAH . 9 A gift, donation, presentation. 10 Air, wind. 11 The sky. 12 Sexual union. 13 A secret spy. — rSA An unchaste woman. Comp. — ajYa a. senseless, insensible. — iMdriyaM the organ or sense of touch. — udaya a. followed by a consonant. — upalaH, -maRiH a kind of jewel considered to be the same as ‘philosopher's stone’. — tanmAtraM the subtile element of tangibility. — lajjA the sensitive plant. — vedya a. to be apprehended by the sense of touch. — saMcArin a. contagious, infectious. — snAnaM ablution at the entrance of the sun or moon into an eclipse. — spaMdaH, -syaMdaH a frog.