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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 77, col. 2.
    avidhaṃ, avidhā , interj. (always repeated; most

    often followed by (i)ti; = Pkt. avihā, cf. avidā, avida,

    exclamation of sorrow, Sheth), exclamation of disapproval

    or dismay; only noted in Mv; mss. sometimes abhi-for

    avi-, occasionally -dhāṃ for -dhaṃ or -dhā: avidhā avidhā

    ii.450.5; avidhāvidhaṃ (ti; so mss.) ii.450.7; avidhāvidhā

    (usually followed by ti) i.301.19; iii.73.17; 86.16; °dhāṃ

    (mss.) ii.452.11; °dheti i.303.21 (mss.); °dhaṃ or °dhan

    (ti) i.301.20; 302.1; 303.19; ii.452.8 (mss.); 462.15; iii.15.15;

    189.10, 11. Rarely ā-is written in mss. for initial a-.