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upanī

upa-√ nī P. Ā. -nayati, -te (Ā. Pot. -nayīta, [HirGṛ. i, 1, 2]; p. -náyamāna, [AV.]) to lead or drive near, bring near, bring, adduce, offer, [RV. ii, 3, 10]; [iii, 35, 3]; [ŚBr.]; [TBr.]; [MBh.]; [Mn.]; [Ragh.]; to bring information, communicate; to lead or bring near to one's self, take possession of [R.]; [Kathās.]; to lead, guide, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; to lead or draw towards one's self (said of the Guru who, in the ceremony of initiation, draws the boy towards himself); to initiate into one of the twice-born classes by investing with the sacred thread &c. (only Ā. [Pāṇ. i, 3, 36]), [AV. xi, 5, 3]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] &c., [Mn.] &c.; to bring about, produce, cause, [Gīt.]; [Prab.]; [Sāh.]; to bring into any state, reduce to, [R.]; [Hariv.]; [Kām.] &c.; to take into one's service (only Ā. [Pāṇ. i, 3, 36]) : Caus. -nāyayati, to cause to initiate (a pupil), [Mn. xi, 191.]

upa-nī (upa-ni-√ i) P. -ny-eti, to enter into, move towards, [ŚBr.]