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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 288, col. 2.
    abhiṣeṇi denom. parasm. (-ṇayati; the mūrdhanya ṣ remains

    unchanged also after the augment; e. g. abhyaṣeṇayat, and

    if reduplication takes place; e. g. desider. abhiṣiṣeṇayiṣati,

    on which form Kaiyyaṭa to Pāṇ. VIII. 3. 64. observes:

    avyutpannaḥ senāśabdaḥ . athavā sahenena senā . sahasya saḥ saṃjñā-

    yāmiti--VI. 3. 78.--sādeśaḥ . yadā tu kṛvṛjṝṣīti--

    Uṇṇādis. 3. 10.--sinoternapratyaye senāśabdo vyutpādyate tadā-

    styeva ṣopadeśatvam; comp. also abhiṣiṣeṇayiṣu). To march

    with an army for the purpose of attacking an enemy; e. g.

    Hitopad.: apīḍayanbalaṃ śatrūñjigīṣurabhiṣeṇayet . sukhasādhyaṃ

    dviṣāṃ senyaṃ dīrghaprayāṇapīḍitam. E. abhiṣeṇa, denom. aff. ṇic;

    (if the E. of the Kāsikā on Pāṇ. III. 1. 25. ‘senayābhiyāti’

    be correct, the word would be seni, denom. of senā, pref.

    abhi, and there would be, according to the Hindu theory,

    no inflected verb of a base abhiṣeṇi).