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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 18, col. 2.
    adhyeṣati, °te, °ṣayati, °ṣyati (= Pali ajjhesati;

    in Skt. only ppp. adhīṣṭa, q.v., rare; cf. prec. and next

    items), requests (in general): adhyeṣya Mv i.254.14;

    adhyeṣiṣyaṃ ii.108.5; in SP 116.3 asmāṃś ca adhyeṣati

    lokanātho, the Buddha requests us (to instruct creatures);

    in Av i.75.10 someone requests the Buddha to cause rain

    to fall in a drought; most commonly, however, requests

    (a teacher, generally Buddha, acc.) for instruction (may

    also be acc., Divy 160.20; Dbh 7.17; or quasi-infinitival

    dative, dharmacakrapravartanatāyai SP 162.9, and sim-

    ilarly Bhad 10; LV 394.2, 7; 396.12; 397.5;) dharma-

    bhāṇakān adhyeṣayeyuḥ asya…sūtrendrarājasya saṃ-

    prakāśanārthāya Suv 123.9; adhyeṣate, °se SP 36.4; 37.6;

    38.9; Divy 160.20; °ṣati SP 116.3; °ṣante SP 162.9; °ṣanti

    Laṅk 7.10; °ṣāmas SP 167.8; °ṣăma LV 50.14; °ṣămi Bhad

    10; adhyeṣi (aor.) LV 416.3; °ṣya (ger.) Laṅk 2.15; Mv

    i.254.14; °ṣitum (inf.) LV 396.12; Av i.75.10; °ṣṭavyā

    (gdve.) Bhīk 10a.3; °ṣita (ppp.) SP 174.4; 178.12 (for ppp.

    adhyeṣṭa, adhīṣṭa, see these); adhyeṣayeyam (caus. opt.)

    LV 415.22 saṃbodhiprāptu ahu dharmu adh° (the Bodhi-

    sattva speaks in a praṇidhi), having attained enlightenment,

    I would cause (others) to ask (me) for (instruction in) the

    law; but usually non-caus., adhyeṣayāmi Laṅk 7.13, 15,

    like adhyeṣanti 7.10; adhyeṣayasi Divy 329.3, 7; dharma-

    bhāṇakam adhyeṣayet (read °yed) dharmaśravaṇāya Mmk

    38.14; also Suv 123.9, above; also adhyeṣyeyaṃ (opt.)

    LV 394.2, and adhyeṣyemahi 7 (but LV 397.5 adhyeṣyante

    is passive, are asked for instruction); adhyeṣanti Mv i.106.12

    (vs; Senart em. °ṣyanti), in passive mg., § 37.32.