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यापयति (yApayati)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
yāpayati,
(1) trans., nourishes, maintains: ppp. (sa dārako …) yāpitaḥ pālito vardhitaḥ Divy 〔499.1〕, was maintained, protected, nourished
(2) intrans. (as in Pali yāpeti
orig., no doubt, with ellipsis of kālaṃ, which with yāp° in Skt. = spends time), lives, spends time: (buddhā bhagavantas) tiṣṭhanti dhriyante yāpayanti SP 〔6.10〕
〔42.2〕
〔184.5〕
(same verbs, 3 sg.) Sukh 〔62.9〕
(buddhā bhagavanto) jīvanto dhriyanto yāpayanto Divy 〔93.6〕
〔150.16〕
〔196.18〕
(tathāgatam etarahi tiṣṭhantaṃ) yāpayantaṃ Mv 〔ii.362.13〕
with instr., lives (on …), (kola-vikṛtīhi, taṇḍulavi°, tila-vi°) yāpenti Mv 〔ii.125.9〕
〔126.15〕
〔128.2〕
phalāphalehi yāpayituṃ 〔iii.159.13〕
pakvabhaikṣeṇa yāpayiṣyāmi Av 〔i.209.2〕
instr. (not of food but) pāṃśukūlena cīvareṇa yāpayitum Bhīk 〔22b.3〕, to live with a robe consisting of refuse-rags
abs., (during a famine) na sukaraṃ yāpayitum Divy 〔471.4〕, it was not easy to live. See also jāpayati.