sam-√ i P. -eti, to go or come together, meet at (acc.) or with (instr. or dat.), encounter (as friends or enemies), [RV.] &c. &c.; to come together in sexual union, cohabit (acc. or sārdham, saha), [MBh.]; [R.]; to come to, arrive at, approach, visit, seek, enter upon, begin, [RV.] &c. &c.; to lead to (acc.), [RV. iii, 54, 5]; to consent, agree with (instr. ‘it is agreed between’, with gen. of pers. and loc. of thing), [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] : Pass. -īyate, to be united or met or resorted to &c.: Intens. -īyate, to visit, frequent, [RV.]; to appear, be manifested, [BhP.]