Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

1. I. 1 Parasmaipada (वर्षति, वृष्ट)
2. To rain (usually with words signifying 'Indra', 'Parjanya', 'cloud', etc. as the subject of the verb, or sometimes used impersonally); द्वादश वर्षाणि न ववर्ष दशशताक्षः Dk.; काले वर्षन्तु मेघाः; गर्ज वा वर्ष वा शक्र Mk.5.31; मेघा वर्षन्तु गर्जन्तु मुञ्चन्त्वशनिमेव वा 5.16.
3. To rain or pour down, shower down; वर्षती- वाञ्जनं नभः Mk.1.34; so शरवृष्टिं, कुसुमवृष्टिं वर्षति etc.
4. To pour forth, shed.
5. To grant, bestow.
6. To moisten.
7. To produce, engender.
8. To have supreme power.
9. To strike, hurt.
10. To drink. -Causal To cause rain; वर्षति हास्मै वर्षयति Ch. Up.2.3.2. -II. 1 Ā. (वर्षयते)
11. To be powerful or eminent.
12. To have the power of production.

1. class1 Parasmaipada (Dha1tup. xvii, 56) व्/अर्षति (Epic also Atmane-pada वर्षते and Vedic or Veda वृषते; perfect tense ववर्ष, ववृषे MBh. etc.; 3. plural Parasmaipada Epic ववृषुस्, or ववर्षुस्; page and participle Parasmaipada ववर्ष्व्/अस् MaitrS.; Atmane-pada वावृषाण्/अ fg-veda; imperative वावृषस्व ibidem; Aorist /अवर्षीत् fg-veda etc.; future व्रष्ट्/आ MaitrS.; वर्षिता grammar; वर्षिष्यति, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedते Breton etc.; infinitive mood वर्षितुम् MBh. etc.; वर्ष्टोस् Breton; indeclinablepage and participle वृष्ट्वा ibidem; that the rest of a word is to be suppliedट्व्/ई fg-veda; वर्षित्वा grammar), to rain (either impersonal or used impersonally, or with Parjanya पर्जन्य, Indra इन्द्र, the clouds etc., in nominative case) fg-veda etc.; to rain down, shower down, pour forth, effuse, shed (Atmane-pada Equivalent to "to bestow or distribute abundantly"; also with instrumental case Equivalent to "to rain upon, or overwhelm with" exempli gratia, 'for example' with arrows; व्/अर्षति, "while it rains, during rain") ibidem; to strike, hurt, vex, harass Dha1tup. : Causal वर्ष्/अयति (Aorist अवीवृषत् or अववर्षत्), to cause to rain (Parjanya पर्जन्य etc.) or to fall down as rain (flowers etc.) fg-veda TS. MBh.; (without accusative) to cause or produce rain ChUp. ii, 3, 2; to rain upon (Equivalent to overwhelm) with (a shower of arrows instrumental case) MBh.; Atmane-pada to have manly power, have generative vigour Dha1tup. xxxiii, 30 : Desiderative विवर्षिषति grammar (confer, compare विवर्षिषु): Intensive वरीवृष्यते, वरीवर्ष्टि etc. ibidem [For चोग्नतेस् see under वर्षा and 1. वृष .]
2. to rain, add, [confer, compare Gaelic पस्, a shower].

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