1 U. 1 To divide, dis- tribute; vibhajya merurna yadarthisātkṛtaḥ N. 1. 16; patriṇāṃ vyabhajadāśramādbahiḥ R. 11. 29; 10. 54; vapurvibhaktāvayavaṃ pumā- niti Śi. 1. 3; saṃdhyāmaṃgaladīpikā vibha- jate śuddhāṃtavṛddho janaḥ V. 3. 2. ‘distri- butes or places’.

2 To divide (as property, patrimony &c.); vi- bhaktā bhrātaraḥ ‘divided brothers’.

3 To distinguish, discriminate.

4 To honour, worship.

P. A1. -bhajati, te, to divide, distribute, apportion, assign (with two acc., or with acc. of thing and dat. or loc. of pers., or with acc. of pers. and instr. of thing) RV. &c (A1. also = to share together or with each other or to share with [ instr. ]... mfn. divided, distributed among (instr.). AV. &c (198191.1 te ind. after a partition, Ya1jn. ii, 126) 977,2 198180 mfn. one who has received his share Mn. ix,...