The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

˚r(hati ascend, ˚l!sa long for, ˚vadati ad -- dress, ˚sapati ac -- curse, ˚hata hit at. (b) out, over, all around:
abbhudeti go out over, ˚kamati exceed, ˚j!ti off -- spring, ˚j!n!ti know all over, ˚bhavati overcome,
˚va..hati increase, ˚vu&&ha poured out or over, ˚sandeti make over -- flow, ˚siñcati sprinkle over. (c) abhi
has the function of transitivising intrs. verbs after the manner of E. be -- (con -- ) and Ger. er -- , thus
resembling in meaning a simple Caus. formation, like the foll.: abhigajjati thunder on, ˚j!n!ti "er -- kennen"
˚j!yati be -- get, ˚tthaneti = ˚gajjati, ˚nadati "er tönen", ˚nandati approve of (cp. anerkennen), ˚passati con --
template, ˚ramati indulge in, ˚ropeti honour, ˚vu..ha increased, ˚saddahati believe in. -- 2. As base in
compn. (2nd part of cpd.) abhi occurs only in combn. sam -- abhi (which is, however, of late occurrence
and a peeuliarity of later texts, and is still more freq. in BSk.: see under sam -- ). III. Fig. Meaning
(intensifying). -- 1. A single pref.: abhiki**a strewn all over, ˚jalati shine forth, ˚jighacchati be very hungry,
˚tatta much exhausted, ˚t!pa very hot, ˚toseti pleuse greatly, ˚nava quite fresh, ˚nipu*a very clever, ˚n"la of
a deep black, ˚man!pa very pleasant, ˚mangaly very lucky, ˚yobbana full youth, ˚rati great liking, ˚ratta
deep red, ˚ruci intense satisfaction, ˚r(pa very handsome (= adhika -- r(pa C.), ˚sambuddha wide and fully -
- awake, cp. abbhuddhun!ti to shake greatly (= adhika'uddh˚ C.). -- As 1st part of a prep. -- cpd. (as
modification -- pref.) in foll. combinations: abhi -- ud (abbhud -- ) ˚ati, ˚anu, ˚ava, ˚!, ˚ni, ˚ppa, ˚vi, ˚sa'.
See all these s. v. and note that the contraction (assimilation before vowel) form of abhi is abbh˚ . -- On its
relation to pari, see pari˚, to ava see ava˚. IV. Dialectical Variation. -- There are dial. variations in the use
and meanings of abhi. Vedic abhi besides corresponding to abhi in P. is represented also by ati˚, adhi˚ and
anu˚, since all are similar in meaning, and psychologically easily fused and confused (cp. meanings: abhi =
on to, towards; ati = up to and beyond; adhi = up to, towards, over; anu = along towards). For all the
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foll. verbs we find in P!li one or other of these three prefixes. So ati in ˚j!ti, ˚p")ita, ˚br(heti, ˚vassati,
˚v!yati, ˚ve&heti; also as vv. ll. with abhi -- k"rati, ˚pavassati, ˚roceti, cp. atikkanta -- abhi˚ (Sk. abhikr!nta);
adhi in ˚patthita, ˚p!teti, ˚pp!ya, ˚ppeta, ˚b!dheti, ˚bh(, ˚v!ha (vice versa P. abhi -- ropeti compared with
Sk. adhiropayati); anu in ˚gijjhati, ˚br(heti, ˚sandahati.
Abhikankhati
Abhikankhati [abhi + kankhati] to desire after, long for, wish for S i.140, 198 (Nibb!na'); J ii.428; iv.10,
241; VvA 38, 283; ThA 244. -- pp. abhikankhita. Cp. BSk. abhik!nk+ati, e. g. Jtm. p. 221.
Abhikankhanat!
Abhikankhanat! (f.) [abhi + kankhana + t!] wishing, longing, desire DA i.242.
Abhikankhita
Abhikankhita [pp. of abhikankhati] desired, wished, longed for VvA 201 (= abhijjhita).
Abhikankhin
Abhikankhin (adj.) cp. wishing for, desirous (of -- ˚) Th 2, 360 (s"tibh!va˚).
Abhiki**a
Abhiki**a [pp. of abhikirati] 1. strewn over with ( -- ˚), adorned, covered filled Pv ii.112 (puppha˚). -- 2.
overwhelmed, overcome, crushed by ( -- ˚) It 89 (dukkh˚; vv. ll. dukkhâti**a & oti**a) = A i.147 (which
reads dukkhoti**a). See also avati**a.
Abhikirati