ava-√ do -dyati (ind.p. -dāya, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [BhP.]) Ved. to cut off, divide (especially the sacrificial cake and other objects offered in a sacrifice), [ŚBr.] &c.; to cut into pieces, [BhP.]; (aor. Pot. Ā. 1. sg. -diṣīya [derived fr. ava-√ dā, ‘to present’, by, [Gmn.]]; perhaps fr. ava-√ day above) to appease, satisfy with (instr.), [RV. ii, 33, 5.]