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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 53, col. 2.
    abhiniṣīdati (in Skt. rare and only Vedic; = Pali

    °sīdati), sits down: Mv i.223.5 (kīdṛśena) yānena kumāro

    °dati, in what vehicle does the prince (= is he to) sit?; aor.

    °ṣīdi, Senart em. °ṣīde (m.c.) Mv i.202.18; in LV 39.6

    ger. abhiniṣadya in caus. sense, having seated (or with

    Foucaux consacré), bodhisattvo maitreyaṃ…tuṣitabha-

    vane 'bhiniṣadya (to take his own place after his descent

    to earth); abhiniṣaṇṇaḥ, sat down, MSV ii.22.17.