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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 74, col. 2.
    avalokayati (= Pali apaloketi), (1) asks permission

    of (acc.): Bhīk 3b.5 yāvad ahaṃ bhagavantam avaloka-

    yāmi, until I ask the Lord's permission (for the admission

    of nuns); Divy 331.18 nāhaṃ svādhīna upādhyāyam

    avalokayata; 331.23; 511.10 rājānam avalokya; 439.22,

    23 mātāpitarāv avalokya, having asked permission of my

    parents; (2, cf. Skt. āpṛcchate) takes leave of, says farewell

    to (acc.): Divy 4.26 gacchāmi avalokitā bhava, I am

    going; be greeted in farewell!; 128.2; 580.26; °to bhava

    MSV i.41.6; -bāndhavān avalokya Divy 281.17; 524.14;

    (3) entrusts (acc.) with a function (cf. Pali apaloketi, d,

    in CPD, consult): bhikṣum avalokayitvā (Tib. bcol nas,

    entrusted to one's charge) gantavyaṃ yo 'sya lābhaṃ

    gṛhṇāti MSV ii.97.8 (and ff.); avalokayasi (perh. do you

    consult? as in Pali) tvaṃ…Upanandaṃ MSV ii.119.2

    and f.