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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sphuṭ (स्फुट्).—I. 6 P., 1 U. (sphuṭati, sphoṭati-te, sphuṭita)

1) To burst or split open, break forth, be suddenly rent asunder, cleave, split, break; हा हा देवि स्फुटति हृदयं स्रंसते देह- बन्धः (hā hā devi sphuṭati hṛdayaṃ sraṃsate deha- bandhaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 3.38; स्फुटति न सा मनसिजविशिखेन (sphuṭati na sā manasijaviśikhena) Gītagovinda 7; Bhaṭṭikāvya 14. 56;15.77.

2) To expand, open, blow, blossom; स्फुटति कुसुमनिकरे विरहिहृदयदलनाय (sphuṭati kusumanikare virahihṛdayadalanāya) Gītagovinda 5; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.136; Kāv.3.167.

3) To run or bound away, disperse; तुरङ्गाः पुस्फुटुर्भीताः (turaṅgāḥ pusphuṭurbhītāḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.6;1.8.

4) To become visible, burst into view, become evident or manifest.

5) To abate (as a disease). -II. 1 U. (sphuṭayati-te)

1) To burst, crack, break open.

2) To burst into view. -Caus. (sphoṭayati- te)

1) To burst or rend asunder, split, tear open, cleave, divide.

2) To manifest, show, make clear.

3) To disclose, divulge, make public.

4) To hurt, destroy, kill.

5) To winnow.

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Sphut (स्फुत्).—ind. An imitative sound.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sphuṭ (स्फुट्).—r. 1st cl. (sphīṭate) r. 6th cl. (sphuṭati) 1. To blow, to blossom, to open as a bud or flower. 2. To become manifested. 3. To run away. 4. To burst, to split open. r. 10th cl. (sphoṭayati-te or with āṅ prefixed, āsphoṭayati-te) 1. To hurt. 2. To divide; also (ira) sphuṭir r. 1st cl. (sphoṭati) and (i) sphuṭi r. 1st cl. (sphuṇṭati) 1. To divide, to break, to tear, to pierce. 2. To hurt or kill. 3. To expand. sphuṭi r. 10th cl. (sphuṇṭayati-te) To laugh at or with, to jest, to joke.

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Sphut (स्फुत्).—Ind. An imitative sound.

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

Sphuṭ (स्फुट्).— (akin to sphur, sphul; probably for original *spart; O. H. G. spaltan; Engl. split), i. 6, [Parasmaipada.], and † i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. (also † i. 1, [Parasmaipada.], and † sphuṇṭ SphuṆṬ, sphaṭ SphaṬ, † sphaṇṭ SphaṆṬ, i. 1, [Parasmaipada.]), To burst, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 77, 15; Mahābhārata 1, 3023. 2. To open, to expand (as a flower), [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 152. 3. To disperse, to run away, [Bhaṭṭikāvya, (ed. Calc.)] 10, 8. sphuṭita, 1. Burst, broken, destroyed, [Pañcatantra] 98, 1; 254, 23 (cf. 42, 10). 2. Splay (as feet), [Pañcatantra] 104, 15. [Causal.], or i. 10, 1. sphoṭaya, To break, to divide, to tear open, [Pañcatantra] 87, 7; to destroy, [Pañcatantra] 42, 10. 2. † sphuṭaya, To burst, to appear. 3. sphāṭaya, sphāṭita, Cleft, [Hitopadeśa] 49, 11.

— With ā ā, [Causal.], or i. 10, sphoṭaya, 1. To cause to sound, Mahābhārata 3, 11139. 2. To strike, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 30, 18; especially one’s own arm with the hand (perhaps rather, to snap the fingers, cf. sphoṭana), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 64. 3. To pat, Mahābhārata 3, 1780.

— With pra pra, [Causal.], or i. 10, To pierce, Mahābhārata 4, 2100.

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

Sphuṭ (स्फुट्).—sphuṭati & sphoṭati burst, split, expand, open, blossom. [Causative] sphoṭayati burst or rend asunder, shake, toss.

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

1) Sphuṭ (स्फुट्):—(cf. √sphaṭ) [class] 6. [Parasmaipada] [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxviii, 80; ix, 44; viii, 7]) sphuṭati;—sphoṭati, te ([Ātmanepada] only in [Dhātupāṭha]; [perfect tense] pusphoṭa, [Kathāsaritsāgara]; [Aorist] asphoṭīt [grammar]; [future] sphoṭitā, [ib.]; sphuṭiṣyati, [Mahābhārata]; [indeclinable participle] sphuṭitvā, [Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā]; -sphoṭam, [Kathāsaritsāgara]),

—to burst or become suddenly rent asunder, burst or split open (with a sound), part asunder, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.;

—to expand, blossom, bloom, [Kāvya literature; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to disperse, run away, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

—to crack (as the joints of the fingers), [Caraka];

—to crackle (as fire), [Ṛtusaṃhāra];

—to burst into view, appear suddenly, [Catalogue(s)];

—to abate (as a disease), [Kathāsaritsāgara] :

—[Causal] sphuṭayati ([Passive voice] sphuṭyate, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]), to burst open or into view, [Dhātupāṭha xxxv, 84];

—to make clear or evident, [Śaṃkara-vijaya; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha; Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti];—sphoṭayati (cf. [Dhātupāṭha xxxiii, 48]; [Aorist] apusphuṭat),

—to burst or rend suddenly, break, split, divide, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to put out (eyes), [Pañcatantra];

—to shake, wag, brandish, [Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa; Suśruta] etc.;

—to push aside (a bolt), [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to crackle (as fire), [Mahābhārata];

—to hurt, destroy, kill, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary];

—to winnow, [ib.]

2) Sphut (स्फुत्):—an imitative sound (cf. phut), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Sphuṭ (स्फुट्):—(ṅa, śa) sphoṭate 1. d. and sphuṭati. 6. a. To blossom. (i) sphuṇṭati, (ira) sphoṭati 1. a. And (ka with ā) āsphoṭayati 10. a. To tear, pierce, divide, kill. sphuṇṭayati 10. a. To jest, joke.

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

Sphuṭ (स्फुट्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Phuṭa, Phuṭṭa, Mura.

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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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Starts with (+57): Sphuta, Sphutabamdha, Sphutabandhani, Sphutabhaskara, Sphutabhoga, Sphutabhukti, Sphutabhuparidhi, Sphutabodha, Sphutabudbuda, Sphutacandrarki, Sphutacandrataraka, Sphutacandrika, Sphutadarpana, Sphutadhyana, Sphutagas, Sphutagati, Sphutagraha, Sphutaharsha, Sphutajyotisha, Sphutakarana.

Ends with: Asphut, Parisphut, Prasphut, Visphut.

Full-text (+92): Sphutkara, Sphutana, Phuta, Visphota, Asphotaka, Phutta, Sphant, Mura, Sphota, Irvarushuktika, Samsphuta, Sphutika, Lajasphotam, Sphotaka, Visphuta, Prasphut, Sphotita, Sphuti, Asphota, Sphutita.

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