The Sanskrit term Saṃspṛś can be transliterated into English as Samsprs or Samsprish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃspṛś (संस्पृश्).—6 P.

1) To touch.

2) To sprinkle with water; अद्भिः खानि च संस्पृशेत् (adbhiḥ khāni ca saṃspṛśet) Manusmṛti 2.53.

3) To bring in contact with.

4) To rinse the mouth; अवतीर्य सरः स्वर्गी संस्प्रष्टु- मुपचक्रमे (avatīrya saraḥ svargī saṃspraṣṭu- mupacakrame) Rām.7.77.16.

5) To visit.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃspṛś (संस्पृश्).—i. e. sam-spṛś, ad Touching, [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 23.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃspṛś (संस्पृश्).—[adjective] = [preceding] [adjective] (—°).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Saṃspṛś (संस्पृश्):—[=saṃ-√spṛś] a [Parasmaipada] -spṛśati (rarely [Ātmanepada] te), to touch, bring into contact with ([Ātmanepada] ‘touch one’s self’), [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.;

— (with or without salilam, apas etc.) to touch water, sprinkle, wash, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to touch, come into contact (in [astrology] sense), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā];

—to reach or penetrate to, attain, [Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Jātakamālā];

—to come into close relation with ([accusative]), [Rājataraṅgiṇī];

—to come upon, visit, afflict, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to take out of ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata viii, 788] :

—[Causal] -sparśayati, to bring into contact, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; ???]

2) [=saṃ-spṛś] b mfn. touching ([compound]), [Amaru-śataka]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Saṃspṛś (संस्पृश्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃphāsa.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Sprish, Sam.

Starts with: Samsprisha, Samsprishati, Samsprishta, Samsprishtamaithuna, Samsprishya.

Ends with: Abhisamsprish, Anusamsprish, Parisamsprish.

Full-text: Samphasa, Anusamsprish, Parisamsprish, Samsprashtri, Abhisamsprish, Samsparshana, Samsparshin, Samsparshaja, Samsparsha, Samsprishtamaithuna, Samsprishta.

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