vi-√ plu Ā. -plavate (mc. also P.), to float asunder, drift about, be dispersed or scattered, [TS.]; [MBh.]; to fall into disorder or confusion, go astray, be lost or ruined, perish, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. -plāvayati, to cause to swim or float about, [Kauś.]; to spread abroad, make known, divulge, [Mn. xi, 198]; to bring to ruin or calamity, waste, destroy, [Śiś.]; [Bālar.]; (-plav°), to perplex, confuse, confound, [Kpr.]