abhi

1. abhi ind. (a prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) to, towards, into, over, upon. (As a prefix to verbs of motion) it expresses the notion of moving or going towards, approaching, &c. (As a prefix to nouns not derived from verbs) it expresses superiority, intensity, &c.; e.g. abhitāmra, abhinava, q.v.

over. It may even express one after the other, severally, Pāṇ. i, 4, 91 , e.g. vṛkṣaṃvṛkṣamabhi, tree after tree

2. aBI (√ i), abhyeti ( Imper. 2. sg. aBI/ hi ; impf. 3. pl. āyan, 3. sg. Ā. āyata; ind.p. aBI/ tya ) to come near, approach, go up to or towards ( acc. ), RV. &c.; (with sakāśam or samīpam or pārśve) id. , Pañcat. ; to go along or after ( acc. ), RV. &c.; to enter, join, go over to, Mn. ; Bhaṭṭ. ; (with a pr. p. ) to begin to, ( perf. 3. pl. aBI yu/H ), ŚBr. ; to reach, obtain, RV. &c.; to get or fall into ( acc. ), MBh. &c.; to come to, fall to one's share (with acc. ), Bhaṭṭ. ; (said of the sun) to rise (as if he came nearer; also with abhitarām [ q.v. ] instead of abhi), AitBr. , (with astam) to set, MBh. i, 1797 ( cf. abhyaya) : Pass. aBI yate to be perceived, known, BhP. : Intens. (1. pl. īmahe) to ask, request, RV. i, 24, 3.