aBi ind. 1 (As a prefix to verbs and nouns) It means ( a ) ‘to’, ‘towards’, ‘in the direction of’; aBigam go towards, aBiyA, °gamanaM , °yAnaM &c.; ( b ) ‘for’, ‘against’; °laz, °pat &c.; ( c ) ‘on’, ‘upon’; °siMc to sprinkle on &c.; ( d ), ‘over’, ‘above’, ‘across’; °BU to overpower, °tan ; ( e ) ‘greatly’; ‘excessively’ °kaMp . 2 (As a prefix to nouns not derived from verbs, and to adjectives) It expresses ( a ) intensity or superiority; °DarmaH ‘supreme duty’; °tAmra ‘very red, °nava ‘very new’; ( b ) ‘towards,’ ‘in the direction of,’ forming adv. compounds; °cEdyaM, °muKaM, °dUti &c. 3 (As a separable adverb) It means towards, in the direction or vicinity of ( opp. apa ); in, above, aloft, on the top, (mostly Ved). 4 (As a preposition with acc. ) ( a ) To, towards, in the direction of, against; (with acc. or in comp. in this sense); aByAgni or agnimaBi SalaBAH pataMti; vfkzamaBi dyotate vidyut Sk. ; Śi. 9. 56 , 7. 40 ; aByarkabiMbaM sTitaH Ś. 7. 11. ( b ) Near, before, in front or presence of; Śi. 7. 32 ; 15. 58. ( c ) On, upon, with regard or reference to; sAyamaMqanamaBi tvarayaMtyaH Ki. 9. 6 ; sADurdevadatto mAtaramaBi Sk. ( d ) Severally, one after another (in a distributive sense); vfkzaM vfkzamaBi siMcati Sk. ; BUtaBUtamaBi praBuH Bop. By ( pb ) P. I. 4. 91 aBi has all the senses of anu given in I. 4. 90 except that of BAga ; e. g. ( lakzaRe ) harimaBi vartate ; ( itTaMBUtAKyAne ) Bakto harimaBi ; ( vIpsAyAM ), devaM devamaBi siMcati ; but yadatra mamABizyAt taddIyatAM ; prAjYo goviMdamaBitizWati Bop. ( e ) In, into, to; Śi. 8. 60. ( f ) For, for the sake of, on account of ( Ved. ). According to G. M. aBi has these senses: — aBi , pUjABfSArTecCAsOmyABimuKyasOrUpyavacanAhArasvADyAyezu ; e. g. pUjAyAM, aBivaMdate; BfSe , aBiniveSaH; icCAyAM, aBilAzaH, aBikaH ; sOmye or mADurye, aBijAtaH; ABimuKye , aBimuKaM, aByagni; sOrUpye, aBirUpaM; vacane , aBiDatte; AhAre, aByavaharati; svADyAye , aByasyAti . [ cf. L. ob ; Gr. amphi ; Zend aibi or aiwi , Goth. bi ; also umbi ; um ].