Dictionary meanings for sphāy from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A. (sphāyate, sphīta) 1 To grow large or fat, to become big or bulky.
2 To swell, increase, ex- [Page1154-a+ 56] pand; saṃdudhukṣe tayoḥ kopaḥ pasphāye śastra- lāghavaṃ Bk. 14. 109. Caus. (sphāva- yati-te) To cause to grow large, augment, increase; tāvasphāvayatāṃ śa- ktīrbāṇāṃścākiratāṃ muhuḥ Bk. 17. 43, 4. 33, 12. 76, 15. 99.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
cl.1 A1. (Dha1tup. xiv, 16) sphāyate (Gr. also pf. pasphāye aor. asphāyiṣṭa, or asphāṣṭa fut. sphāyitā &c), to grow fat, become bulky, swell, increase, expand Hcar.; to resound ib.: Pass. sphīyate, to become fat Sa1mavBr.: Caus. sphāvayati (aor. apisphavat),... (prob.) m. a kind of tree L. 160968 1270,1 256813 f. fattening, breeding (of cattle) RV.; TS. 1270,1 256814 f. increase, growth, prosperity S3atr. 160969...