1. spfS cl. 6. P. ( Dhātup. xxviii, 128 ) spfSa/ti ( mc. also °te ; pr. p. spfSAna , MBh. ; impf. asparSat , BhP. ; pf. pasparSa , paspfSuH , paspfSe , ib. &c.; Subj. paspa/rSat , RV. ; aor. aspfkzat , AV. ; Br. ; asprAkzIt , Br. ; MBh. ; aspArkzIt Gr. ; Prec. spfSyAt , MBh. ; fut. sprazwA or sparzwA Gr. ; sparkzyati , ib. ; sprakzyati , MBh. ; inf. sprazwum , ib. &c.; -spf/Se , RV. ; -spf/Sas , Br. ; ind.p. spfzwvA , -spf/Sya , ib. &c.), to touch, feel with the hand, lay the hand on ( acc. or loc. ), graze, stroke, RV. &c. &c.; to handle, take hold of ( anyo 'nyaM hastO spfSataH , ‘they mutually touch or shake hands’), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; (with apa/H , udakam , jalam ; or adBis &c.) to touch or sip water, wash or sprinkle certain parts of the body with water, GṛŚrS. ; Mn. ii, 60 ; MBh. &c.; to touch so as to hurt, injure, harm, Kathās. ; to perceive or feel by touch, Up. ; Mn. ; VarBṛS. ; to touch, come into contact ( lit. ; and fig. in astron. sense), VarBṛS. ; to reach or penetrate to ( loc. or acc. ; with karRam , ‘to come to the ears’; with kriyAm , ‘to set about any action’), MBh. ; R. &c.; to come up to, equal ( acc. ; with girA , ‘to equal with words’ i.e. ‘to be able to describe’), Kāv. ; to act upon, affect, Sarvad. ; BhP. ; to touch i.e. endow or fill with ( instr. ), RV. iv, 3, 15 ; to touch i.e. befall, fall to the lot of, come upon, visit, afflict ( acc. ), ChUp. ; MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to touch, take hold of, make one's own, appropriate, MBh. iv, 135 ; to attain to, obtain, experience, undergo, MBh. ; Kām. &c.; to grant, bestow ( cf. Caus. ), BhP. : Pass. spfSyate ( aor. asparSi ), to be touched or seized or affected by, MBh. &c.: Caus. sparSayati , °te ( aor. apasparSat or apispfSat ; Subj. pispfSaH , °Sati , RV. ), to cause to touch (two acc. ), bring into immediate contact with ( loc. or instr. ), Mn. ; MBh. &c.; to convey to ( loc. ), RV. ; to fill or cover with ( instr. ) &c.; to perceive by touch, feel, MaitrUp. ; to offer, present, give, Mn. ; MBh. &c.: Desid. pispfkzati ( cf. pispfkzu ) Gr. : Intens. parIspfSyate , parIsprazwi , parIsparzwi , ib.
spfS 6 P. ( spfSati, pasparSa , aspfkzat-aspArkzIt-asprAkzIt, sprakzyati-sparkzyati , sparzwuMsprazwuM, spfzwa ) 1 To touch; spfSannapi gajo hati H. 3. 14 ; karRe paraM spfSati haMti paraM samUlaM Pt. 1. 304. 2 To lay the hand on, stroke gently with, touch; hastena pasparSa tadaMgamiMdraH Ku. 3. 22. 3 ( pb ) To adhere or cling to, come in contact with. 4 To wash or sprinkle with water; Ms. 2. 60. 5 To go to, reach; Ś. 2. 14 ; R. 3. 43. 6 To attain to, obtain, reach a particular state; mahokzatAM vatsataraH spfSanniva R. 3. 32 ; vinApyarTErvIraH spfSati bahumAnonnatipadaM H. 1. 175. 7 To act upon, influence, affect, move, touch; Mu. 7. 16 ; Ku. 6. 95. 8 To refer or allude to. 9 To take, receive, accept (as a sacrificial offering). — Pass. To be polluted, defiled, or tainted; U. 1. 48. — Caus. ( sparSayati-te ) 1 To cause to touch. 2 To give, present; gAH kowiSaH sparSayatA GawoDnIH R. 2. 49.
spfS a. (At the end of comp. ) Who or what touches, touching, affecting, piercing; marmaspfS , hfdispfS &c.