Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A. To open; Ku. 7. 53. Caus. (ghāṭayati) 1 To open, un- lock; nirayanagaradvāramudghāṭayaṃtī Bh. 1. 63; kapāṭamudghāṭayāmi Mk. 3.
2 To peel off, shell.
3 To reveal, expose, make known.
4 To undertake, commence.
5 To rub over, stroke gently, tickle.
Source entryMonier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Caus. -ghāṭayati, to open, unlock, unfasten, unveil; to peel, shell MBh.; Katha1s.; Mr2icch.; VarBr2S. &c; to expose; to betray Pan5cat.; Katha1s.; to commence, begin Hit.; to rub over, stroke; to tickle. 022878 187,3 32851 mfn. unlocked Kum. vii, 53. 022879 187,3 32852 m. the act of exposing or showing (the teeth), S3ubh śubh. 187,3 32853 m. a watch or guard-house L. 022880 187,3 32854
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