ava-√ ci (p. -cinvat, [MBh. iii, 13151]; ind.p. -citya; Inf. -cetum, [Kathās.]) to gather, collect (as fruits from a tree, vṛkṣam phalāni [double acc.] [Pāṇ. i, 4, 51.], [Kāś.]); (p. f. -cinvatī), to draw back or open one's garment, [RV. iii, 61, 4.]
ava-√ ci (3. pl. -cinvanti) to examine, [MBh. iii, 10676] seq.