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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 59, col. 2.
    abhisaṃbhuṇati (°ṇoti, also saṃbhuṇati; = Pali

    °ṇāti; on formation see Chap. 43, s.v. bhū, 5; = abhi-

    saṃbhāvayati, q.v.), attains; reaches to; suffices, is

    adequate for; in formula (see s.v. lokāntarikā) in which

    the orig. form seems to have read nānubhavanti or °bhonti:

    ābhāṃ nābhisaṃbhuṇanti, prob. suffice, are adequate for

    light (see anubhavati) Mv i.41.6 (by em.); 230.2; 240.11;

    iii.334.9; 341.13; gatim…°bhuṇema iii.374.7 and °bhuṇe-

    tha 12, opt.; tenāpi abhisaṃbhuṇitvā (Senart em. °ṇitaṃ)

    tad vayaṃ nābhisaṃbhuṇiṣyāmaḥ iii.265.3; in iii.206.7--10

    abhisaṃbhuṇoti four times, the first two with object

    karmāntāni, acc. to Senart carries out, perhaps more lit.

    is capable of; in the last two, with object arthārthaṃ, the

    mg. attains is possible, but it may also mean is adequate

    for.