lit. to make [it] get light; rattiṃ v. to spend the night (till it gets light) Snp.1142 Cnd.594 (= atināmeti)- vivasati is Kern’s proposed reading for vijahati (rattiṃ) at Thag.451. He founds his conjecture on aN variant reading vivasate & the C. explⁿ “atināmeti khepeti.” Mrs. Rh. D. trsl^s “waste” (i.e. vijahati).

Caus. of vi + vas to shine