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अवध्यति (avadhyati)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
ava-dhyati or °dhyāti (cf. Pali avajjhāyati, apa°
to Skt. dhyāti with ava, in Skt. with different mg.), ponders, meditates on: Mv 〔i.9.4〕 (vs), read with mss. avadhyanto saphalatāṃ karmaṇāṃ (n. sg. m. pres. pple.
v.l. °ntā
Senart wrongly em. āvajjanto). Skt. pres. dhyāti = dhyāyati
in ava-dhyanto the short a of the penult may be MIndic, before a consonant cluster, cf. 〔§ 3.34〕.