avaDyati
ava-dhyati or °dhyāti ( cf. Pali avajjhāyati, apa°; to Skt. dhyāti with ava, in Skt. with different mg. ), ponders, meditates on : Mv i.9.4 ( vs ), read with mss. avadhyanto saphalatāṃ karmaṇāṃ ( n. sg. m. pres. pple. ; v.l. °ntā; Senart wrongly em. āvajjanto). Skt. pres. dhyāti = dhyāyati; in ava-dhyanto the short a of the penult may be MIndic , before a consonant cluster, cf. § 3.34 .