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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 77, col. 1.
    (avasvāpayati ,) ppp. avasvāpita, osvā° (caus. to

    ava-svap-, in Skt. recorded only in ppp. avasupta, asleep,

    Rām.; but see osopati; note also Jain Skt. (Hem.)

    avasvāpanikā and °panī, pw 2.292), put to sleep, asleep:

    LV 220.10 (vs) te cāpy avasvāpitāḥ (so Lefm. em., con-

    firmed by Tib. ñal; mss. avasthāpitāḥ, avasaṃsthitāḥ);

    221.5 śayavatī (q.v., read prob. yaśavatī) osvāpitā

    devataiḥ, and 10 puravaraṃ osvāpitaṃ devataiḥ, …put

    to sleep by the gods. Cf. also apasvāpana, osvāpana.