āvijjhati

Āvijjhati (āviñjati, āviñchati)

  1. to encircle, encompass, comprise, go round, usually in ger. āvijjhitvā (w. acc.) used as prep round about, near Ja.i.153 (khettaṃ), Ja.i.170 (pokkharaṇiṃ) DN-a.i.245 (nagaraṃ bahi avijjhitvā round the outer circle of the town). Ordinarily = go round (acc.) at Ja.iv.59 (chārika-puñjaṃ).
  2. [as in lit. Sk.] to swing round, brandish, twirl, whirl round Vin.iii.127 (daṇḍaṃ āviñji) MN.iii.141 (matthena āviñjati to churn); Ja.i.313; Ja.v.291 (cakkaṃ, of a potter’s wheel); Snp-a.481 (T. āviñj˚, variant reading āvijjh˚; see āracaya˚); Dhp-a.ii.277 (āviñchamāna T.; variant reading āsiñciy˚, āvajiy˚, āgañch˚).
  3. to resort to, go to, approach, incline to SN.iv.199 (T. āviñch˚; variant reading avicch˚ āviñj˚); Ne.13.
  4. to arrange, set in order Ja.ii.406.
  5. to pull (?) AN.iv.86 (kaṇṇasotani āvijjeyyāsi, variant reading āvijj˚ āviñj˚, āvicc˚, āviñch˚; cp. Trenckner, Notes 59 āviñjati “to pull”)

pp āviddha (q.v.).

ā + vijjhati of vyadh to pierce; thus recognised by Morris J.P.T.S. 1884, 72 against Trenckner, Notes 59 (to piñj) & Hardy Nett; Ind. = vicchāy