स्पन्द्

{ spand }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

स्पन्द्   (often confounded with √ स्यन्द्) cl. 1. Ā. ( [Dhātup. ii, 13]) स्पन्दते (rarely °ति; only in pres. base and inf. स्पन्दितुम्; Gr. also pf. पस्पन्दे; fut. स्पन्दिता, स्पन्दिष्यते; aor. अस्पन्दिष्ट),

to quiver, throb, twitch, tremble, vibrate, quake, palpitate, throb with life, quicken (as a child in the womb), [PārGṛ.]; [Car.]; [MBh.] &c.;

to kick (as an animal), [Br.]; [ĀśvŚr.];

to make any quick movement, move, be active, [Hariv.];

to flash into life, come suddenly to life, [BhP.] :

Caus. स्पन्दयति ( aor. अपस्पन्दत्), to cause to quiver or shake, [MBh.];

to move (trans.), [ĀśvŚr.] :

Desid. पिस्पन्दिषते Gr.:

Intens., See पनिष्पद॑.
स्पन्द्   [ cf. Gk. σφενδόνη, σφαδασμος, σφεδανός, σφοδρός; perhaps also Lat. pendo, pondus.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

स्पन्द् [spand]   1 Ā. (स्पन्दते, स्पन्दित)
   To throb, palpitate; अस्पन्दिष्टाक्षि वामं च [Bk.15.27;14.83.]
   To shake, tremble, quiver.
   To go, move; स्पन्दन्ति वै तनुभृतामज- शर्वयोश्च [Bhāg.12.8.4.]
   To come suddenly to life.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : प्रस्पन्द्, स्फुर्