The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Anvesati [anu + esati] to look, for search, seek S i.112 (ppr. anvesa' = pariyesam!na C.); Cp iii.117 (ppr.
anvesanto). -- aor. anvesi [Sk. anve+i fr. icchati] Pv ii.620 (? perhaps better with v. l. PvA 99 as anventi of
anveti).
Anvesin
Anvesin [anu -- esin] (adj.) striving after, seeking, wishing for Sn 965 (kusala˚).
Anha
Anha [Vedic ahan] see pubbanha, majjhanha, s!yanha. Cp. aha.
Apa˚
Apa˚ [Vedic apa; Idg. *apo = Gr. a)po/, Av. apa, Lat. ab from *ap (cp. aperio); Goth. af, Ger. ab, Ags. E.
of. A compar. form fr. apa is apara "further away"] Well-defined directional prefix, meaning "away
from, off". Usually as base -- prefix (except with !), & very seldom in compn. with other modifying
prefixes (like sam, abhi etc.). 1. apa = Vedic apa (Idg. *apo): apeti to go away = Gr. a)/peimi, Lat.
abeo, Goth. afiddja; apeta gone away, rid; ˚ka..hati to draw away, remove; ˚kamati walk away; ˚gacchati
go away; ˚nidh!ti put away (= a)potiqhmi, abdo); ˚nudati push away; ˚neti lead away; ˚vattati turn away (=
!verto); ˚sakkati step aside; ˚harati take away. 2. apa = Vedic ava (Idg. *aue; see ava for details). There
exists a widespread confusion between the two preps. apa & ava, favoured both by semantic (apa = away,
ava = down, cp. E. off) & phonetic affinity (p softened to b, esp. in BB Mss., & then to v, as b > v is
frequent, e. g. bya˚ > vya˚ etc.). Thus we find in P!li apa where Vedic and later literary Sk. have ava in the
foll. instances: apakanti, ˚kassati, ˚kirati, ˚gata, ˚c!ra, ˚jh!yati, ˚tha&a, ˚d!na, ˚dh!reti, ˚nata, ˚n!meti, ˚n"ta,
˚lekhana, ˚loketi, ˚vadati.
Apaka..hati
Apaka..hati [apa + ka..hati, cp. Sk. apa -- kar+ati] to draw away, take off, remove D i.180; iii.127; DhA
ii.86. Caus. apaka..h!peti J i.342; iv.415; Miln 34. -- Cp. apakassati; & see pakattheti.
Apakata
Apakata [pp. of apakaroti] put off, done away, in !j"vik âpakata being without a living M i.463 (the usual
phrase being ˚apagata); Miln 279 (id.). At It 89 the reading of same phrase is !j"vik! pakat! (v. l. !˚ vakat!).
Apakataññu
Apakataññu (adj.) [a + pa + kataññu] ungrateful Vin ii.199.
Apakantati
Apakantati [apa + kantati, Sk. ava + k%ntati] to cut off Th 2, 217 (gale = g"va' chindati ThA 178; Kern,
Toev. corrects to kabale a.).
Apakaroti
Apakaroti [apa + karoti, cp. Sk. apakaroti & apak%ta in same meaning] to throw away, put off; hurt, offend,
slight; possibly in reading T. apakirit(na at Th 2, 447 (q. v.). -- pp. apakata (q. v.). Cp. apak!ra.
Apakassati