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vihā

vi-√ 1. hā Ā. -jihīte, to go apart, become expanded, start asunder, open, fly open, gape, yawn, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] : Caus.: -hāpayati, to cause to gape, open, [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.]

ind. = svarga, heaven, [Uṇ. iv, 36], Sch.

vi-√ 3. hā P. -jahāti, (ind.p. -hāya See below), to leave behind, relinquish, quit, abandon, [RV.] &c. &c. (with śarīram, prāṇān &c., ‘to abandon the body or life’, to die); to give up, cast off, renounce, resign, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to be deprived of, lose, [Ragh.]; [Sarvad.]; to get rid of or free from (acc.), [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; to desist from (abl.), [Subh.]; to stop, pause, [VarBṛS.] : Pass. -hīyate (aor. -hāyi), to be left behind, [ŚBr.]; to be inferior to (abl.), [MBh.]; to be lost, [AV.] : Caus. -hāpayati See next: Desid. -jihāsati, to wish to leave or abandon, [HPariś.]