masculine feminine
Avhāyana (neuter) [cf. Sanskrit āhvayana] calling to, asking, invocation, imploration D I 11 (Sir-avhāyane, v.l. avhayana; explained at Sv I 97 with reading Sirivhāyana as "ehi Siri mayhaṃ sire patiṭṭhāhī ti evaṃ sire Siriyā avhayanaṃ"), 244, 245 (v.l. avhāna).
summoning, invitation; invocation; name
(nt, nt, act, from avhāyati) invoking; summoning; beckoning; calling the name summoning; beckoning; invoking Construction: ā + vhāya + ana