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vāyanti

vāyati

pr 3rd pl of vāyati (verb)

1. blows
2. smells; emits an odour (from)
3. weaves

Etymology. vāya + ti; from √vā 'blow, emit odour'; Sanskrit vāti [vā]

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

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