…opp. of p. is vivarati.

api + dhā, cp. apidahati & Prk. piṇidhattae = Sk. apinidhātave

to put on (see api 1b), to cover up, obstruct, Ja.v.60 (inf. apidhetuṃ) pp. apihita, Pass. apithīyati, Der. apidhāna (q.v.).

api + dhā …

cover, lid Vin.i.203, Vin.i.204; Vin.ii.122. See apidahati.

Vedic apidhāna in same meaning

covered Ja.iv.4.

pp. of apidahati

…+ hana (fr. dhā, cp. pidahati & pihita) cp. also Cnd.227).

a + pihālu, analysed by Fausböll Sn. Gloss. p. 229 as a-spṛhayālu, but…

Pass. of apidahati to be obstructed, covered, barred, obscured Ja.ii.158. See also pithīyati.

for…

…a door: āvarati; to shut: pidahati; to lock thaketi. dvāraṃ alabhamāna unable to get out Vin.ii.220
■ mahā˚; the main or city gate…

…as prefix only in pidahati and pilandhati where api˚ also is found (cp. api 1b).

1. also,…

…Vism.185; DN-a.i.182 (˚dvāra).

pp. of pidahati

…manuscripts is pidhīyati (cp. Trenckner, Notes 62).

Pass. of pidahati, cp. api-dahati, Sk. apidhīyate