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paṭivāpeti

pr 3rd sg of paṭivāpeti (verb)

1. withdraws; pulls back; makes turn away (from); lit. causes to blow back

Etymology. pati + vāpe + ti; from √vā 'blow, emit odour'; Sanskrit prativāpayati [vā]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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