(√ i), -eti (impf. -ayat; Pot. 1. sg. iyām; pr. p. f. avā-yati, [RV. viii, 91, 1]) to go down, go down to (acc.), go to, [RV.]; (Imper. 3. pl. Ā. āyantām) to rush down, [AV. xi, 10, 8] (cf. āvai); (Imper. ávaitu) to go away, [RV. v, 49, 5]; [AV. i, 11, 4]; to look upon, consider, [Śak.]; [Vikr.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to perceive, conceive, understand, learn, know, [MBh.] &c.; (with Inf.), [Kathās.] : Intens. (pl. -īmahe) to beg pardon for, conciliate, [RV. i, 24, 14] and [vii, 58, 5.]