1 A. To plunge or dive into, bathe; (dīrghikāḥ) sa vyagāhata vigāḍhamanmathaḥ R. 19. 9.

2 To enter, penetrate into, pervade (fig. also); viṣamo'pi vigāhyate nayaḥ kṛtatīrthaḥ paya- sāmivāśayaḥ Ki. 2. 3; R. 13. 1, Mu. 1. 26.

3 To stir about, agitate; vi- gāhyamānāṃ sarayūṃ ca naubhiḥ R. 14. 30.

4 To follow, practise; tayā munīnāṃ caritaṃ vyagāhyata Ku. 5. 19.

5 To ap- proach, set in (as season &c.).

A1. -gāhate (ep. also ti), to plunge or dive into, bathe in, enter, penetrate, pervade, betake one's self into (acc. or loc.) RV. &c; to pierce AV.; to agitate, disturb Ragh.; to be engrossed by or intent upon, ponder BhP.; to follow, practise Kum.; to reach,... mfn. plunged into, entered R. (ambhasi vigāḍha-mātre, at the very moment of the water being plunged into), one who has entered or plunged into, bathing in...