Dovati · present 3 singular
wash
Dhovati [Sanskrit dhāvati, see dhāvati] to rinse, wash, cleanse, purify Vin II 208, 210, 214; Snp page 104 (bhājanāni); Ja I 8; V 297. — dhovi Ja VI 366; Dhp-a III 207. gerund dhovitvā Ja I 266; IV 2; Vv-a 33 (pattaṃ), 77 (the same); Pv-a 75, 144. infinitive dhovituṃ Vin II 120; IV 261 past participle dhota (q.v.) and dhovita Ja I 266. — See also dhopati (*dhopeti).
dhovati (= Pali id. ; to Skt. 2 dhāvati, ppp. dhauta which yielded MIndic dhota, as in Pali ; from such forms the o became generalized, Geiger 34 ; less plausibly Pischel 482 ), washes ; except for one case of the noun dhovana, and one of saṃdhovita, this verb and its derivs, are found only in Mv , the Appendix to Jm , and the Bhikṣuprakīrṇaka as cited in Śikṣ (the two latter contain prose of the same type as Mv ): dhovati Mv ii.466.7 ; Śikṣ 155.1 ; °vāmi Mv ii.244.15 ; Śikṣ 154.18 (text dhop°, see s.v. dhopati ); Jm (App.) 241.1 ; °vanti Mv i.168.12 ; impv. °vāhi Mv ii.430.3 ; °va Śikṣ 154.20 ; °vatu Śikṣ 154.19 ; ppp. (su-)dhovita- Mv ii.466.9 ; ger. °vitvā Mv ii.244.13 ; iii.313.7 ; inf. °vitu-kāma- Mv iii.312.15 ; pass. °vīyanti Mv ii.466.4, 5 .
washes; rinses; cleanses; polishes; purifies
(dhov + a), 洗，沖洗，純淨。【過】 dhovi。【過分】 dhota。【現分】 dhovanta。【潛】 dhovitabba。【無】 dhovitvā, dhoviya。
(pr, pr) washes; cleans; rinses washes, rinses, cleanses Construction: dhova + ti