present 3 singular
Avhayati and Avheti [Sanskrit āhvayati, ā + hū or hvā] 1. to call upon, invoke, appeal to D I 244 (avhayāma imperative); Pv-a 164. 2. to call, call up, summon M 1.17; Ja II 10, 252 (= pakkosati); V 220 (avhayesi); VI 18, 192, 273 (avhettha preterit); Vv 33 1 (avheti). 3. to give a name, to call, to address Pj II 487 (= āmanteti ālapati). — past participle avhāta (q.v.).
calls; summons; invokes; challenges; calls back
(a + vhe + a)。
(pr, pr) calls upon; summons; invokes calls upon, invokes, appeals to Construction: ā + vhaya + ti