dhṛṣ cl. 5. P. dhṛṣṇóti RV. &c. &c
• cl. 1. P. dhárṣati VS. R. (p. dhṛṣát, ○ṣámāṇa RV.
• ○ṣāṇá. AV.
• perf. dadhárṣa RV. &c. &c
• 3. pl. dādhṛṣur AV.
• Subj. dadharṣat, ○ṣati, ○ṣīt RV.
• dadhṛṣate, ○ṣanta AV.
• p. dadhṛṣvás RV.
• aor. adhṛṣas ŚBr., adhaṣiṣur TĀr.
• fut. dharṣiṣyati, ○ṣitā Gr
• ind. p. -dhṛṣya Br.
• inf. -dhṛ́ṣas, ○ṣi RV.), to be bold or courageous or confident or proud RV. AV. VS.
• to dare or venture (inf. in tum Pāṇ. 3-4, 65)
• to dare to attack, treat with indignity (acc.) Br. MBh.
• to surpass (?) AV. iii, 3, 2: Csus. dharṣayati (cf. Dhātup. xxxiv, 43
• aor. adīdhṛṣat, or adadharṣat Gr.) to venture on attacking
• to offend, violate (a woman), overpower, overcome Br. MBh. Kāv. &c.: Desid. didharṣiṣati: Intens. darīdhṛṣyate or darīdharṣṭi, Gr. [Cf. Zd. dareṣ
• Gk. ? ; Lit. dristu ; Goth. ga-dars, Angl. [519, 3] Sax. dors-te, Engl. durs-t.]

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William