(often confounded withsyand-) cl.1 A1. () spandate- (rarely ti-;only in present tense base and infinitive moodspanditum-; grammar also perfect tensepaspande-; futurespanditā-, spandiṣyate-; Aoristaspandiṣṭa-), to quiver, throb, twitch, tremble, vibrate, quake, palpitate, throb with life, quicken (as a child in the womb) etc. ; to kick (as an animal) ; to make any quick movement, move, be active ; to flash into life, come suddenly to life : Causalspandayati- (Aoristapaspandat-), to cause to quiver or shake ; to move (trans.) : Desiderativepispandiṣate-grammar : Intensive , Seepaniṣpad/a-. ([ confer, compareGreek , , ; perhaps also Latin pendo,pondus.])
n. throbbing, pulsation, palpitation, quivering, twitching (twitchings and quiverings of the body are supposed to prognosticate good or bad luck, and are therefore minutely described in certain works;See above ), trembling, agitation etc.
स्पन्द् 1 Ā. (स्पन्दते, स्पन्दित) 1 To throb, palpitate; अस्पन्दिष्टाक्षि वामं च Bk.15.27;14.83. -2 To shake, tremble, quiver. -3 To go, move; स्पन्दन्ति वै तनुभृतामज- शर्वयोश्च Bhāg.12.8.4. -4 To come suddenly to life.
m. quivering; motion; -aná, m. a tree (V., C.); n. (C.) quivering, palpitation; quickening (of an embryo); motion; -ita, pp. n. quivering, palpitation (sts. pl.); activity (of the mind, --°ree;); -in,a. quivering, throbbing.
n. quivering, pal pitating; -spardhin, a. rivalling; -sphuta, a. plain, manifest, evident; -sphurita, pp. quivering, vibrating, tremulous; manifested; -sphuli&ndot;ga, m. (?) darting spark; -sphot ana, n. splitting (int.); causing to expand or bloom.
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to be active
to come suddenly to life
to flash into life
to kick (as an animal)
to make any quick movement
to move
to palpitate
to quake
to quicken (as a child in the womb)
to quiver
to throb
to throb with life
to tremble
to twitch
to vibrate Frequency rank 7054/72933
noun (masculine) activity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
motion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Śaiva wk. by Abhinavagupta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pulse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
quiver (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
throb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
throbbing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tremor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vibration (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) agitation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
motion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
palpitation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pulsation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
quick movement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
quickening (of a child in the womb) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
quivering (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
throbbing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
throbbing with life (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
trembling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
twitching (twitchings and quiverings of the body are supposed to prognosticate good or bad luck) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective pulsating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
quivering (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
throbbing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tremulous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective fixed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not quivering or moving (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unvariable (as love) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to quiver (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to throb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to tremble (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) arising (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
crash (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
decoration of the hair (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
keeping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
maintaining (a sacred fire) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
movement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pressure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
retinue (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
starting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stirring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
throbbing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
train (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) to palpitate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to quiver (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to throb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) to appear
to come forth
to exert one's self
to quiver
to start
to strive
to struggle
to throb
to tremble Frequency rank 30314/72933
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