ind. 1 As a gentle address in the sense of ‘friend’, ‘oh’ ‘ah’ (komalāmaṃtraṇe); or simply as a voca- tive particle; ayi vivekaviśrāṃtamabhi- hitaṃ M. 1; ayi kaṭhora U. 3. 27 Oh you ruthless one; ayi bho maharṣiputra S. 7; ayi vidyutpramadānāṃ tvamapi ca duḥkhaṃ na jānāsi Mk. 5. 32; ayi mātardevayaja- nasaṃbhave devi sīte U. 4; see also Bv. 1. 5, 11, 44.

2 As a particle of entreaty or solicitation (anunaya), ‘I...

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