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abhidhā

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-dhā f. name, appellation

the literal power or sense of a word, [Sāh.]

a word, sound, [L.]

abhi-dhā m. f. (ā́s) surrounding, [VS. xxii, 3.]