cl. 5. P. Ā. dhūnóti, °nuté, [RV.]; [AV.]; dhunoti, °nute, [Br.] &c. &c.; cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 9]) dhuvati, [AV.]; [Br.] (cf. ni-; Pot. dhūvet, [Kāṭh.]); cl. 9. P. Ā. ([xxxi, 17]) Pot. dhunīyāt, [Suśr.]; p. Ā. dhunāna, [BhP.]; cl. 1. P. ([xxxiv, 29]) dhavati; cl. 2. Ā., 3. pl. dhuvate (dhunváte?), [ŚBr.]; p. dhuvāná, [TS.] (pf. dudhāva, [MBh.], °dhuve, [AV.]; dudhuvīta and dūdhot, [RV.] : aor. adhūṣṭa, 3. pl. °ṣata, [ib.]; adhoṣṭa, adhaviṣṭa; adhauṣīt, adhāvīt Gr.; fut. dhaviṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; dhoṣyati, °te, dhotā & dhavitā Gr.; ind.p. dhūtvā, [AitBr.], -dhū́ya, [AV.] &c.; inf. dhavitum Gr.) to shake, agitate, cause to tremble, [RV.] &c. &c.; to shake down from (e.g. fruits [acc.] from a tree [acc.]), [RV. ix, 97, 53]; (oftener Ā.) to shake off, remove, liberate one's self from (acc.), [Br.]; [Up.]; [MBh.] &c.; to fan, kindle (a fire), [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to treat roughly, hurt, injure, destroy, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to strive against, resist, [Pañc. i, 42] : Pass. dhūyáte, [AV.] &c. (p. dhūyat, [MBh.]) : Caus. dhāvayati ([Dhātup. xxxiv, 29]) and dhūnayati (see dhūna) : Desid. dudhūṣati, °te Gr.; Intens. dodhavīti, [RV.]; [MBh.] (p. dodhuvat dávidhvat, [RV.]); dodhūyate, p. °yamāna and °yat, [MBh.]; to shake or move violently (trans. and intr.); to shake off or down; to fan or kindle. [cf. √ dhav and dhāv; Gk. θύω, θύνω, θυμός.]
f. shaking, agitating, [L.]