स्पर्श [ sparśa ] [ sparśá ] m. f. n. touching ( in [ a-bhūtala-sp ] , [ manaḥ-sp ] , q.v.)

  [ sparśa ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) . ) touch , sense of touch ( [ -tas ] ind. e.g. [ sparśa-taḥ sukhaṃ tat ] , " that is pleasant to the touch " ) , contact (fig. applied to the beginning of an eclipse or to any astron. contact) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. VarBṛS.

  m. (in gram.) collective N. of the twenty-five consonants constituting the five classes from [ k ] to [ m ] ( so-called because formed by complete contact of the organs of utterance ; cf. [ sthāna ] and [ spṛṣṭa ] ) Lit. Prāt. Lit. ChUp. Lit. BhP.

  (in phil.) the quality of tangibility ( which constitutes the skin's [ viṣaya ] q.v.) Lit. IW. 68

  any quality which is perceptible by touching any object (e.g. heat , cold , smoothness , softness ) Lit. MBh.

  feeling , sensation (e.g. [ siraḥ-śūla-sp ] , " sensation of headache " ) Lit. ŚBr.

  pleasant feeling Lit. MBh. v , 1366

  unpleasant or morbid sensation , illness Lit. Pāṇ. 3-3 , 16 Vārtt. 1 Lit. Pat.

  air , wind Lit. L.

  (accord. to some) temperature Lit. Nyāyad.

  a kind of sexual union Lit. L.

  a gift , offering (see [ kāka-sp ] and [ sp-yajña ] below)

  w.r. for [ spaśa ] , a spy Lit. MBh. Lit. Śiś.

  [ sparśā ] f. an unchaste woman Lit. L.

  [ sparśa ] f. (a word of unknown meaning) Lit. Hariv. 10243.