pulls, draws: Mv ii.429.12 (prose), mss. (incorrectly) devī
…brāhmaṇeṇa…ākaṭṭati (passive is required; read
ākaṭṭīyati or ākaṭṭyati? v.l. ākatti, cited with dental tt!)
kaṭṭāṃkriyati (q.v.); below, line 15, (rājagṛhāto) kaṭṭīya-
mānī, confirming the sense and approximate form I
assume; draws hither, attracts, summons: Megh 306.17 (in
a charm for rain invoking serpent deities, nāgas) (sar-
vanāgahṛdayāni saṃcodayāmi) ākaṭṭāmi, I incite, I draw
hither the hearts of all nāgas; there follow magic formulas
(sara 2 hara 2, etc.), then, sarvakṣetrāṇī āpūrayatha
sarvaśasyāni varṣatha, etc. Bendall renders āk° I murmur.