cl.6 P. () majjati- (Ved. m/ajjati-, Epic also te-; perfect tensemamajja-[2. sg.mamajjitha-,or mamaṅktha-] ; Aorist [ mā-] majjīs-; amānkṣīt-; precedingmajjtāt-; futuremaṅkṣyati-, te- etc.; majjiṣyati-; maṅktā-grammar; infinitive moodmajjitum-; maṅktum-grammar; ind.p.maṅktvā-or maktvā-; m/ajjya-), to sink (into), (accusative or locative case), go down, go to hell, perish, become ruined etc. ; to sink (in water), dive, plunge or throw one's self into (locative case), bathe, be submerged or drowned etc.: Causalmajj/ayati- (Aoristamamajjat-grammar), to cause to sink, submerge, drown, overwhelm, destroy etc. ; to inundate ; to strike or plant into (locative case) : Desiderativemimaṅkṣati- or mimajjiṣati-grammar (confer, comparemimaṅkṣā-): Intensivemāmajjyate-, māmaṅkti- [ confer, compareLatin mergere,and undermajjan.]
P. A1.-majjati-, te- (parasmE-pada-majjat-and jjamāna-; perfect tense-mamajja-; future-majjiṣyati-; -maṅkṣye-,Ait.Br.; Aorist-amāṅkṣīt-; -majjīḥ-), to sink down, dive, sink or plunge or penetrate into, bathe in (locative case) etc. ; to sink in its cavity (the eye) ; to disappear, perish etc. ; to immerse or submerge in water, cause to sink or perish : Causal-majjayati-, to cause to dive under water ; (with samare-, saṃgrāme-etc.) to cause to penetrate into a battle, lead into the thick of a fight
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