उप-√ स्पृश् 1.P. -स्पृशति, to touch above, reach up to, touch,
[RV.] ;
[AV.] ;
to touch softly, caress,
[ŚBr.] ;
[AitBr.] ;
[ĀśvŚr.] ;
KātyŚr.;
[MBh.] &c.
;
(with or without
अपः or
जलम् &c.) to touch water (for ablution), wash, bathe (as a religious ceremony);
to sip water (from the palm of the hand; it is not the custom to spit out the water after sipping it),
[ŚBr.] ;
[ĀśvŚr.] &
[ĀśvGṛ.] ;
[MBh.] ;
[Yājñ.] ;
[Mn.] &c.;
to touch certain parts of one's body (
acc. ) with water (
instr. ),
[Mn. iv, 143] ;
(also without the
instr. ),
[Mn. v, 138] ;
(or without the
acc. ),
[MBh.] :
Caus. -स्पर्शयति, to cause to touch water or wash the hands,
[ŚBr. iii.] उप-स्पृश् mfn. 2.mfn. touching,
[AV. xx, 127, 2] उप-स्पृश् f. f. (
क्) (
scil. स्तुति) ‘the touching or affecting verse’,
N. of the verse,
[RV. x, 22, 13.]