ava-√ do-dyati (ind.p. -dāya, ĀśvGṛ.; BhP.) Ved. to cut off, divide (especially the sacrificial cake and other objects offered in a sacrifice), ŚBr. &c.; to cut into pieces, BhP.; (aor. Pot. Ā. 1. sg. -diṣīya [derived fr. ava-√ dā, ‘to present’, by, Gmn.]; perhaps fr. ava-√ day above) to appease, satisfy with (instr.), RV. ii, 33, 5.