2 A. 1 To hide, conceal; de- vyā nihnotumicchoriti surasaritaṃ Mu. 1. 1, Bk. 10. 36.

2 To deny or dissi- mulate before any one, to hide from (with dat.); Bk. 8. 74.

A1. -hnavate (rarely P. ti), to make reparation or amends to (dat.) for (acc.); to beg pardon for (cf. below) Br.; Gr2S3rS.; to disown, deny, dissimulate, conceal, evade Mn.; MBh.; Ka1v. &c 071430 564,3 111166 m. begging pardon, making amends or reparation (a kind of ceremony at which the R2itvij ṛtvij lay their hands upon the Prastara prastara and recite VS. v, 7;) Sa1y. on AitBr. i, 26 (also hnavana Gobh.) 564,3...