abhi-ni-√ dhā P. to place upon or into (loc.), ŚBr.; Ā. to place upon one's self (as a burden), AitBr.; to touch slightly with (instr.), ŚBr.; KātyŚr. &c.: Pass. -dhīyate, ‘to be touched by each other’, be in close contact (as the letters e, o and a in the Sandhi called abhiníhita, q.v.), Prāt.