where tradespeople are denied admission. The Gaṇaratna-
mahodadhi explains this word and the word ehivāṇijā
as specimens of the similar formations (see the preceding
and the following articles) which occur in the Gaṇa mayū-
ravyaṃsakādi to Pāṇini II. 1. 72., in this manner: ehi-
vāṇijeti yasyāṃ tithau kriyāyāṃ vā sā ehivāṇijā . keci-
dāyānti gacchanti vāṇijā yasyāmiti vigṛhya nipātanādehi-
bhāvaḥ . apehi apasara vāṇijeti yasyāṃ (Ms. E. I. H. 949.
vāṇije asyāṃ sic) sā apehivāṇijā . evamehisvāgatā . ape-
hisvāgatā . ehidvitīyā . (apehidvitīyā is omitted, through
carelessness, by the copyist, not by the author) . ehivi-
ghasā . apehivighasā . (ehipraghasā and apehipraghasā are omit-
ted by the copyist, not by the author) . ehiprakasā . ape-
hiprakasā . apehi prakasaṃ dūramiti yasyāṃ (sā omitted) ape-
hiprakasā iti śākaṭāyanaḥ. This explanation and the words
enumerated (except the two latter) are in conformity with
the Vārttika: apehi ca vāṇijasvāgatadvitīyavighasapraghasādi-
bhiḥ kriyāyām, which the Kāśikā comments upon: ape-
hyākhyātaṃ vāṇijasvāgatadvitīyavighasapraghasādibhiḥ saha sama-
syate . cakārādehīti ca . ehivāṇijeti yasyāṃ kriyāyāṃ sā
ehivāṇijā . apehivāṇijā &c. The word apehikaṭā
which occurs in the present edition of Pāṇini, and there-
fore in the reprint of that edition, is neither mentioned in
the Gaṇar. nor in the Kāśikā and becomes doubtful when
compared with such formations as āharakaraṭā, prohakaraṭā
(the latter being the reading of the Kāśikā instead of pre-
hikaṭā); the word apehivāta, although of an analogous
formation, belongs to a different category, the ellipsis being
probably oṣadhi or latā, and does not occur in any of the
lists referring to the mentioned Gaṇa.--From the quoted
comment it results that all these compounds have to be
analyzed literally as meaning a kriyā or proceeding in which
an injunction is uttered or implied, the component parts
being originally a sentence, e. g. apehi vāṇija ‘be off
tradesman’, apehi prakasam ‘go far away’ &c. and hence
apehivāṇijā &c. festivals where such people are kept off
or kept at a distance.--E. apehi (imper. of i with apa)
and vāṇija, scil. kriyā.