avhayati

Avhayati & Avheti

  1. to call upon, invoke, appeal to DN.i.244 (avhayāma imper.) Pv-a.164.
  2. to call, call up, summon MN.i.17; Ja.ii.10 Ja.ii.252 (= pakkosati); Ja.v.220 (avhayesi); Ja.vi.18, Ja.vi.192, Ja.vi.273 (avhettha pret.); Vv.33#1 (avheti).
  3. to give a name to call, to address Snp-a.487 (= āmanteti ālapati)
    pp avhāta (q.v.).

Sk. āhvayati, ā + or hvā