vi-√ nī P. Ā. -nayati, °te, to lead or take away, remove, avert, [RV.]; [AV.]; to throw off, drive away, dispel, expel (a disease), [Car.]; (Ā.) to elicit, draw from (abl.), [RV.]; to stir up (the Soma), [RV.]; to part (the hair), [GṛŚrS.]; to stretch, extend, [ŚāṅkhBr.]; [R.]; to train, tame, guide (horses), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to educate, instruct, direct, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to chastise, punish, [Yājñ.]; [Kum.]; to induce, lead or cause to (inf.), [RV. i, 1, 64, 6]; to spend, pass (time), [Gīt.]; to perform, accomplish, [MBh.]; (Ā.) to pay off, restore (a debt), [Pāṇ. i, 3, 36]; to expand (esp. for religious purposes), [ib.], Sch.; to get rid of, give up, cease from (anger), [Pāṇ. i, 3, 37] : Desid. [A.] -ninīṣate, to wish to get rid of or give up (egoism), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]