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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 57, col. 1.
    abhiṣyandayati, °deti (= Pali abhisandeti; caus. to

    °ṣyandati), drenches, saturates, irrigates, (a) lit. of plants

    etc., Mv iii.301.17 vāriṇā °deti pariṣyandeti (q.v.); ppp.

    °dita, SP 122.8 (plants and seeds); Mvy 6584 (= Tib.

    brlan pa, sbaṅs pa, drenched, wet); fig. of kuśalamūlāni,

    roots of merit, °dayiṣyati, fut., Gv 457.18; (b) of mental

    organs or states, °dita-niścita-citto Gv 151.13; -karuṇā-

    snehābhiṣyandita-saṃtāno 189.9; in yoga practice, °dayati

    softens, makes supple (one's own person), as in Pali (CPD),

    Mvy 1646 = Tib. mṅon du mñen par byed pa, makes very

    supple; here too followed by pariṣyandayati.