vi-√ bhaj P. Ā. -bhajati, °te, to divide, distribute, apportion, assign (with two acc., or with acc. of thing and dat. or loc. of pers., or with acc. of pers. and instr. of thing), [RV.] &c. &c. (Ā. also = ‘to share together or with each other’ or ‘to share with [instr.]’ ; with samam, to divide into equal parts; with ardham and gen., to divide in halves); to separate, part, cut, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to divide (arithmetically), [Sūryas.]; [VarBṛS.]; to open (a box or chest), [Kathās.]; to worship, [MārkP.] : Pass. -bhajyate, to receive one's share from (instr.), [MBh. i, 2344] : Caus. -bhājayati, to cause to distribute or divide or share, [AV.]; to divide, [Kathās.]; [Sūryas.] &c.