to adorn, put on, bedeck Mil.337; Ja.v.400. Caus. ii. pilandhāpeti Ja.i.386. Pilandhana & Pilandhana;

see apilandhati, api + nah

Apiḷahati & Apiḷandhati

to tie on, fasten, bind together; to adorn oneself with (acc.) Ja.v.400 (ger. apiḷayha = piḷandhitvā C.)-Cp. apiḷandhana & pp apiladdha.

Sk. apinahyati, on n: ḷ see note on …

adjective at Vv.36#1 should be read as apiḷaddha (= Sk. apinaddha) pp. of apiḷandhati (apiḷandhati) “adorned with”, or (with variant reading SS) as apiḷandhana; Vv-a.167 ex …

…= ābhāraṇaṃ); Ja.vi.472 (c. pilandhituṃ pi ayuttaṃ?). Apilahati & Apilandhati;

fr. apiḷandhati, also in shorter (& more…

Apiḷahati & Apiḷandhati

to tie on, fasten, bind together; to adorn oneself with (acc.) Ja.v.400 (ger. apiḷayha = piḷandhitvā C.)-Cp. apiḷandhana & pp apiladdha.

Sk. apinahyati, on n: ḷ see note on …

meaning not so much “to bind as “to cover”: see apiḷandhati, upanandhati, onandhati pariyonandhati.

for nayhati, der. fr. naddha after analogy of baddha → bandhati

…(cp. upāhanā sandal), pilandhati etc
pp naddha (q.v.). See also nandhi, nāha; onayhati unnahanā, piḷayhati.

Ved….

to bind, fasten; to cover up Vin.ii.150 (inf onandhituṃ); Mil.261.

o + nandhati, a secondary pres. form constructed from naddha after bandhati → baddha; see also apiḷandhati

…and pilandhati where api˚ also is found (cp. api 1b).

1. also, and also, even so DN.i.1; Vin.iv.139…

adjective (-˚) adorning or adorned Mil.336, Mil.337. Cp. apiḷandha.

fr. pilandhati