vi-√ tan P. Ā. -tanoti, -tanute (fut. -tāyitā, [BhP.]), to spread out or through or over, cover, pervade, fill, [TUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to spread, stretch, extend (a net, snare, cord &c.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to draw or bend (a bow), [MBh.]; to spread out i.e. lay on, impose (a yoke), [RV.]; to apply (ointment), [Kāv.]; to extend, make wide (with tanvás, the bodies, = to oppose or resist boldly, [RV.]; with padāni, steps, = to stride, [Gīt.]); to unfold, display, exhibit, manifest, [RV.] &c. &c.; to carry out, perform, accomplish (esp. a rite or ceremony), [ib.]; to sacrifice, [Hariv.]; to cause, effect, produce, [Sāh.]; to make, render (two acc.), [Prasannar.]