bṛha

1. bṛh or vṛh, cl. 6. P. ( Dhātup. xxviii, 57 ) bṛhati; vṛhati ( pf. babarha, vavarha; fut. varkṣyati, varhiṣyati; varḍhā, varhitā; aor. barhīt, avṛkṣat; ind.p. vṛḍhvā, varhitvā, vṛhya, barham, varham; Ved. inf. vṛhas: Pass. vṛhyate ; aor. varhi), to tear, pluck, root up (without a prep. only with mūlam, TS. ; Āpast. ) : Caus. barhayati (see nibṛh) : Desid. vivṛkṣati, vivarhiṣati Gr. : Intens. varīvarḍhi, varīvṛhyate, ib.

2. bṛh or bṛṃh cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xvii, 85 ) bṛṃhati (also te, ŚBr. and bṛhati, AV. ; pf. babarha, AV. ; A. p. babṛhāṇa, RV. ), to be thick, grow great or strong, increase (the finite verb only with a prep. ) : Caus. bṛṃhayati, te (also written vṛ), to make big or fat or strong, increase, expand, further, promote, MBh. ; Kathās. ; Pur. ; Suśr. ; barhayati See sambṛh: Intens. barbṛhat, barbṛhi See upabṛh.

4. bṛh or bṛṃh (also written vṛh or vṛṃh). cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xvii, 85 ) bṛṃhati (or barhati; 3. pl. pf. Ā. babṛṃhire, Śiś. xvii, 31 ), to roar, bellow, trumpet (said of an elephant), MBh. ; Hariv. &c.; also cl. 10. P. ( Dhātup. xxxiii, 95 ) to speak; to shine.