*dhyāyati (7983)
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Entry 7983, Page 288, Col. 1
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<k1>DyAyati<k2>*DyAyati
*dhyāyati¦ or *dhyāyeti, burns (trans.), cremates; caus. *dhyāpayati or °peti, id., hyper-Skt. to Pali jhāyati (intrans.), jhāpeti (caus.); § 2.14. Cf. abhidhyāyati, which is intrans.; otherwise BHS seems to have only caus., or at least trans., forms; emendation of y to p in four occurrences would make them all caus. in form. Used of cremating dead bodies: dhyāpiyantānāṃ (em. Senart, mss. dhyāniy°), pres. pple. pass. gen. pl., of (Buddhas) being cremated, Mv i.126.2; (-buddhaṃ) dhyāyetvā Mv i.302.12; 304.12 (mss.); dhyāyito Mv ii.78.15; 174.11; dhyāpita- (same mg.) Mv i.357.17; RP 57.2.
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