to call, address, speak to, invite, consult Ja.vi.265; DN-a.i.297; Snp-a.487 (ālapati & avhayati); Pv-a.75, Pv-a.80, Pv-a.127
aor āmantesi DN.ii.16; Snp.p.78 (= ālapi Snp-a.394) & in poetry; āmantayi Snp.997; Pv.ii.2#7; Pv.ii.3#7 (perhaps better with variant reading SS samantayi)
ger āmanta (= Sk. *āmantrya) Ja.iii.209 Ja.iii.315 (= āmantayitvā’ C.), Ja.iii.329; Ja.iv.111; Ja.v.233; Ja.vi.511. pp. āmantita (q.v.)
caus 2 āmantāpeti to invite to come, to cause to be called, to send for DN.i.134 (variant reading āmanteti); Mil.149.
denom. of ā + *mantra