abhí ind. (a prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) to, towards, into, over, upon. (As a prefix to verbs of motion) it expresses the notion or going towards, approaching, &c. (As a prefix to nouns not derived from verbs) it expresses superiority, intensity, &c.
e.g. abhi-tāmra, abhi-nava, q.v. (As a separate adverb or preposition) it expresses (with acc.) to, towards, in the direction of, against
into, [ŚBr.] & [KātyŚr.]
for, for the sake of
on account of
on, upon, with regard to, by, before, in front of
over. It may even express one after the other, severally, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 91], e.g. vṛkṣaṃ vṛkṣam abhi, tree after tree
[cf. Gk. ἀμϕί; Lat. ob; Zend aibi, aiwi; Goth. bi; Old High Germ. bī].
abhi-√ bhū to overcome, overpower, predominate, conquer, surpass, overspread; to attack, defeat, humiliate; to approach, come near to (acc.), [RV. iv, 31, 3]; [AV.]; to be victorious or prospering in (loc.), [RV. v, 37, 5.]
abhi-bhú or abhi-bhū́, mfn. one who surpasses, a superior (with or without acc.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; (Compar. abhibhū́tara, [RV. viii, 97, 10]); (us), m., N. of a month, [Kāṭh.]; (ū́s), m., N. of a die, [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]; of a prince of the Nāgas, [PārGṛ.]
abhi-bhú or 2. abhi-bhū́, mfn. one who surpasses, a superior (with or without acc.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; (Compar. abhibhū́tara, [RV. viii, 97, 10]); (us), m., N. of a month, [Kāṭh.]; (ū́s), m., N. of a die, [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]; of a prince of the Nāgas, [PārGṛ.]
abhi-√ dhā -dadhāti, to surrender any one to (dat.; aor. Subj. 2. du. -dhātam), [RV. i, 120, 8]; to bring upon (dat.), [RV. ii, 23, 6] : Ā. (rarely P.) to put on or round, put on the furniture of a horse (cf. abhí-hīta below), [RV.] &c.; to cover (a country) with an army, [MBh. ii, 1090]; to cover, protect, [RV. viii, 67, 5] (aor. Pot. 2. pl. -dhetana), &c.; (in classical Sanskṛt generally) to set forth, explain, tell, speak to, address, say, name (cf. abhí-hita below) : Pass. -dhīyate, to be named or called: Caus. -dhāpayate, to cause to name, [ĀśvGṛ.] : Desid. Ā. -dhítsate, to intend to cover one's self, [RV. x, 85, 30.]
abhi-√ gai (Imper. 2. sg. -gā́ya, or -gāya, 2. pl. -gāyata) to call or sing to (acc.), [RV.]; to enchant, [AitBr.]; to sing (a hymn, &c.), [ŚBr.] &c.; to fill with song, [R.]; to celebrate in song, [R.]
abhi-√ hṛ to bring, offer, [ŚBr.] &c.; to pull off, tear off, [MBh. iii, 14610] : Caus. -hārayati, to have brought to by, send by, [Hariv.]; to bring, offer, [MBh. iv, 2364]; to put on (as a cuirass), [ib.] [iv, 1011] seqq.; to assail, attack, [MBh.] : Pass. -hāryate incorrectly for -haryati (see abhi-√ hary), [BṛĀrUp.]
(only in 2. sg. -hṛṇīthās), to be angry with (acc.), [RV. viii, 2, 19].
abhi-√ 3. nu Ā. (3. pl. abhī́navante) to turn one's self towards (acc.), [RV. ix, 100, 1.]
abhi-√ 4. nu P. Ā. (pr. 1. pl. -navāmahe, 3. pl. -navante; impf. P. 3. pl. -anāvan; aor. 1. sg. -anūṣi, 3. du. -anūṣātām, 3. pl. -anūṣata [very frequently] or -nūṣata, [RV. ix, 103, 3]) to shout towards (acc.), [RV.] : Intens. (1. pl. -nonumas) id., [RV.]
abhi-√ pṝ (Imper. 2. sg. -pṛṇīhi) to fill up, [PārGṛ.]; -pūryate, to become full or abundant, [PārGṛ.]; [MBh.] : Caus. -pūrayati, to make full, fill, [ŚBr.] &c.; to load with, [Kathās.]; to cover with (as with arrows), [MBh. vi, 1721]; to present with (instr.), [Hariv.]; [Kathās.]; (said of sorrows, &c.) to fill the heart of any one, overwhelm; to accomplish, [R. vii, 35, 14.]
abhi-√ sṛ (3. pl. impf. -asaran, perf. -sasrur) to flow towards (acc.), [RV. i, 52, 5] and [ix, 82, 3]; to approach, go towards, advance in order to meet, attack, [MBh.] &c.; to go to a rendezvous (said of lovers), [Sāh.] : Caus. to lead towards, [Kathās.]; to cause to attack, lead to battle, [MBh. iii, 665] (v.l.); to invite to a rendezvous, [Sāh.]; to approach, visit, [MBh. i, 1221]; [Mṛcch.]
abhi-√ yā to go up to in a hostile manner, attack, assail, [RV. i, 174, 5] (aor. Subj. -yāsiṣat), [AV.] &c.; to go up to, approach, obtain, [MBh.] &c.; to devote one's self to take up (as pāṣaṇḍam, ‘heterodoxies’), [BhP.] : Caus. to cause to approach, send towards, [BhP.]
abhi-yā mfn. going up to, approaching, [L.]
assailing, [L.]
(said of a prince) ‘going all round’ i.e. vigilant, careful, [MBh.]
abhi-ṣo (√ so), (1. sg. -ṣyāmi) to fetter, chain, [AV. iv, 16, 9]; (pr. p. -ṣyat) to put an end to, destroy, [Bhaṭṭ.]; impf. -aṣyat, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 63.]
abhi-ṣu (√ 3. su), (3. pl. -ṣuṇvánti; ind.p. -ṣútya) to press out (with stones) the Soma juice (or any other juice), [ŚBr.] &c.; to press out with the help of any liquid, [Mn. v, 10] (Pass. 3. pl. -ṣūyante), [Suśr.]; (fut. p. -soṣyat cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 117]) to moisten, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Caus. -ṣāvayati, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 65] Comm.
abhi-√ bhāṣ to address, speak to (acc.), [MBh.] &c.; converse with (instr.), [Mn.] &c.; to utter, say (abhibhāṣante, ‘people use to say’, [Nir.]); to confess, [Mn. xi, 103.]
abhi-√ ghrā -jighrati (ind.p. -jighrya, [Gobh.]) to snuffle, smell at; to bring the nose close to another's forehead in caressing, or as a token of affection, [TS.] &c.; to smell, scent, [Kād.]
abhi-√ khyā (Subj. 1. 2. 3. sg. -khyam, -khyas and -khyás, -khyát; impf. 3. sg. abhy ákhyat ; ind.p. -khyā́ya) to see, view, perceive, [RV.]; to cast a kind or gracious look upon any one, to be gracious, [RV.]; (impf. 3. pl. abhí ákhyan), [TS.] : Caus. -khyāpayati, to make known, [Mn.] &c.
abhi-śrī́ mfn. (Ved. du. -śríyā) attached to each other, [RV. i, 144, 6]; [AV. viii, 2, 14]
arranging, putting in order (with acc.), [TBr.]
abhi-śrī́ (ī́s), m. (or f., [RV. x, 130, 5]). one who arranges, puts or keeps in order, [RV.]
abhi-√ śrī (3. pl. -śrīṇanti, p. -śrīṇát; plusq. 3. pl. -aśiśrayuḥ) to mix, mingle, [RV.]; -śrīṇāti, ‘to prepare or dress’, produce, cause, [TBr.]; (by, [BR.] placed under abhi-√ śri.)
abhi-śrī́ nom. pl. -śríyas f. anything added by mingling, [RV. ix, 79, 5] and [86, 27.]
abhi-√ car (Ved. Inf. abhí-carita-vaí, [TBr.], and abhi-caritos, [Kāṭh.]; cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 13], Sch.) to act wrongly towards any one; to be faithless (as a wife); to charm, enchant, bewitch, [RV. x, 34, 14] (Subj. 2. pl. -caratābhí), [AV.] &c.; pūrvābhicaritā (f. perf. Pass. p.) = pūrva-dig-gā-minī, [R. i, 34, 10.]
abhi-√ cud Caus. -codayati, to impel, drive; to inflame, animate, embolden; to invite; to fix, settle; to announce, inquire for (acc.), [MBh. i, 2913.]
abhi-√ dṛś (Inf. -draṣṭum) to look at: Caus. -darśayati, to show; to point out, denounce any one (acc.), [MBh. i, 7740] : Pass. -dṛś-yate, to be visible, be in view, appear, [Mn. ix, 308], &c.
abhi-√ gam -gacchati, to go near to, approach (with acc.); to follow, [Kāṭh.]; [R.]; to meet with, find; to cohabit (said of men and women), [Yājñ. ii, 205], &c.; to undertake; to get, gain, obtain, [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; (with mánasā, or medháyā or hṛ́dayena) to understand, [RV. iii, 60, 1]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] : Caus. -gamayati, to study, [MBh. i, 1295.]
abhi-√ jñā -jānāti, °nīte, to recognize, perceive, know, be or become aware of; to acknowledge, agree to, own; to remember (either with the fut. p. or with yad and impf.), [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 112] seqq.; [Bhaṭṭ.]
abhi-jñā f. remembrance, recollection, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 112]
supernatural science or faculty of a Buddha (of which five or six are enumerated, viz. 1. taking any form at will; 2. hearing to any distance; 3. seeing to any distance; 4. penetrating men's thoughts; 5. knowing their state and antecedents). cf. ṣaḍ-abh°, p. 1109
abhi-√ jan cl. 4. Ā. -jāyate (Ved. Inf. abhí-janitos, [ŚBr.]) to be born for or to, [RV. i, 168, 2], &c.; to claim as one's birthright; to be born or produced; to be reproduced or born again, [Bhag.] &c.; to become: Caus. -janayati (with abhi-jñānam) to reanimate, revivify, [Sarvad.]