Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
6 P. 1 To touch(water), bathe; snānamupaspṛśaṃtī K. 172; tathe- tyupaspṛśya jalaṃ pavitraṃ R. 5. 59, 18. 31; upaspṛśya maṇikarṇikāyāṃ Dk. 95, 110; Ms. 11. 133.
2 To wash or rinse the mouth (or teeth); to sip water (and eject it); sa na- dyavaskaṃdamupāspṛśacca Bk. 2. 11; K. 100; Ms. 2. 53, 58, 5. 63; Y. 3. 30, 1. 18.
3 To sprinkle.
Source entryMonier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. -spṛśati, to touch above, reach up to, touch RV.; AV.; to touch softly, caress S3Br.; AitBr.; A1s3vS3r.; Ka1tyS3r.; MBh. &c Page211,3; (with or without apaḥ or jalam &c) to touch water (for ablution), wash, bathe (as a religious ceremony); to sip water... m. touching, contact L. 211,3 36418 m. washing, bathing, ablution (as a religious act) L. 211,3 36419 m. sipping water (from the palm of the hand and swallowing...
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