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vajati

Vajati

to go, proceed, get to (acc.), lit. to turn to (cp. vṛj , vṛṇakti, pp. vṛkta, which latter coincides with vṛtta of vṛt in P. vatta: see vatta 1 & cp. vajjeti to avoid, vajjita, vajjana etc.) Snp.121 , Snp.381 , Snp.729 (jātimaraṇa-saṃsāraṃ), Snp.1143 ; Ja.iii.401 ; Ja.iv.103 (nirayaṃ) Pv.iv.1#72 (Po

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to go, proceed, get to (acc.), lit. to turn to (cp. vṛj, vṛṇakti, pp. vṛkta, which latter coincides with vṛtta of vṛt in P. vatta: see vatta1 & cp. vajjeti to avoid, vajjita, vajjana etc.) Snp.121, Snp.381, Snp.729 (jātimaraṇa-saṃsāraṃ), Snp.1143; Ja.iii.401; Ja.iv.103 (nirayaṃ) Pv.iv.1#72 (Pot. vajeyya); Cnd.423 (= gacchati kamati) Mhvs.11, Mhvs.35 (imper. vaja as variant reading; T. reads bhaja). See compounds anubbajati, upabb˚, pabb˚, paribb˚.

Vedic vraj, cp. Ved. vraja (= P. vaja) & vṛjana enclosure = Av. vərəƶə̄na-, with which cp. Gr.; ει ̓́ργνυμι to enclose, εἱργμός, Lat. vergo to turn; Gaelic fraigh hurdle; Ags. wringan = E. wring = Ger. ringen, E. wrinkle = Ger. renken, and many others, see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. vergo
The Dhtp (59) defines vaj (together with aj) by “gamana”

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