to make favourably disposed, to win somebody’s affection, or favour, to gain over Vin.ii.96; MN.i.321; Ja.iv.108; Ja.iv.414, Ja.iv.495; Ja.vi.516; Mil.264; Vv-a.265 (nijjhāpita = nijjhatta).

Sk. nidhāyayati, ni + jhāpeti, Caus. to jhāyati¹; cp. Sk. nididhyāsate