अपोहति

अपोहति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From अप (ápa, “away, off”) + √ūh (“to push, thrust, move”).

Verb

अपोहति • (apohati) (root अपोह्, class 1)

1. to strip off, push away, frighten away (RV. etc.)
   • 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Act II, verse 19

     a|kiñ|cid api kurvāṇaḥ / saukhyair duḥkhāny apohati.

     tat tasya kim api dravyaṃ / yo hi yasya priyo janaḥ

     The person need do nothing at all, / the mere joy of being together

     dispels sorrow. What a gift it is, / to have someone who loves you.

2. to remove or heal (diseases)
3. to keep away from one's self, avoid (Mn.)
4. to give up (Ragh.)
5. (in disputation) to object, deny (Sāh..)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अपोहति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0056.