Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry प्लु

प्लुpluto over-flow.
1. to over-flow.
2. to overwhelm, overcome.
3. To cause to swim or float.
4. To remove, wash away.
5. To bathe.
6. To inundate, deluge, flood, submerge; यैः प्लावयिष्यन्ति समन्ततोऽमी Śi.3.74;7.74.
7. To cause to reel or fluctuate.
8. To lengthen, prolate (a vowel).With अभि
Derived forms and compounds
- प्लु plu
  
  1 Ā. (प्लवते, प्लुत)
  
  To float, swim; किं नामैतत् मज्जन्त्यलाबूनि ग्रावाणः प्लवन्त इति Mv.1; क्लेशोत्तरं रागवशात् प्लवन्ते R.16.6; प्लवन्ते धर्मलघवो लोकेऽम्भसि यथा प्लवाः Subhāṣ.
  
  To cross in a boat.
  
  To swing to and fro, vibrate.
  
  To leap, jump, spring; यथामुखीनः सीतायाः पुप्लुवे बहु लोभयन् Bk.5.48;14.13;15.46.
  
  To plunge into, bathe.
  
  To fly or haste away.
  
  To blow (as the wind).
  
  To fade away, disappear.
  
  To soar, hover about.
  
  To skip.
  
  To be prolated or lengthened (as a vowel). -Causal (प्लावयति-ते)
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