opuñjeti

or -ati to heap up, make a heap, cover over with (Morris, J.P.T.S. 1887, 153 trsls. “cleanse”) Vin.ii.176 (opuñjati bhattaṃ) Ja.iv.377 (opuñchetvā T., but variant reading opuñjetvā; gloss upalimpitvā); Dhp-a.iii.296 (opuñchitvā, gloss sammajjitvā). Caus. opuñjāpeti in same meaning “to smear” Vin.iii.16 (opuñjāpetvā; variant reading opuñchāpetvā).

o + puñjeti Denom. of puñja, heap