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vidhāvati

pr 3rd sg of vidhāvati (verb)

1. roams around; wanders about; runs astray; is scattered; lit. runs apart
2. fans out; spreads out; flows out; goes (in); lit. runs apart

Etymology. vi + dhāva + ti; from √dhāv 'run, flow'; Sanskrit vidhāvati [vidhāv]

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

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