1. pU cl. 9. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxxi, 12 ) punA/ti , punIte/ (3. pl. Ā. puna/te , AV. , punate/ , RV. ; 2. sg. Impv. P. punIhi/ , RV. &c., punAhi/ , SV. ); cl. 1. Ā. ( xxii, 70 ) pa/vate (of P. only Impv. -pava , RV. ix, 19, 3 , and p. gen. pl. pavatAm , Bhag. x, 31 ; p. Ā. punAna/ below, pa/vamAna See p. 610, col. 3 ; 1. sg. Ā. punIze , RV. vii, 85, 1 ; pf. pupuvuH , °ve , Br. ; apupot , RV. iii, 26, 8 ; aor. apAvizuH Subj. apavizwa , RV. ; fut. pavizyati , pavitA Gr. ; ind.p. pUtvA/ , AV. ; pUtvI/ , RV. ; pavitvA Gr. ; -pU/ya and -pAvam , Br. &c.; inf. pavitum , Br. ), to make clean or clear or pure or bright, cleanse, purify, purge, clarify, illustrate, illume (with sa/ktum , ‘to cleanse from chaff, winnow’; with kra/tum or manIzA/m , ‘to enlighten the understanding’; with hiraRyam , ‘to wash gold’), RV. &c. &c.; ( met. ) to sift, discriminate, discern; to think of or out, invent, compose (as a hymn), RV. ; AV. ; ( Ā. pa/vate ) to purify one's self, be or become clear or bright; ( esp. ) to flow off clearly (said of the Soma ), RV. ; to expiate, atone for, ib. vii, 28, 4 ; to pass so as to purify; to purify in passing or pervading, ventilate, RV. &c. ( cf. √ pav ) : Pass. pUya/te , to be cleaned or washed or purified; to be freed or delivered from ( abl. ), Mn. ; MBh. &c.: Caus. pava/yati or pAvayati ( ep. also °te ; aor. apIpavat Gr. ; Pass. pAvyate , Kāv. ), to cleanse, purify, TS. ; Br. ; &c. : Desid. , pupUzati , pipavizate Gr. : Desid. of Caus. pipAvayizati Gr.
3. pU mfn. (√ 1. pA ) drinking (see agre-pU/ ).
pU 1 4 A. , 9 U. ( pavate, pUyate , punAti, punIte, pUta ; caus. pAvayati ; desid. pupUzati, pipavizate ) 1 To make pure, cleanse, purify ( lit. and fig. ); avaSyapAvyaM pavase Bk. 6. 64 ; 3. 18 ; puRyASramadarSanena tAvadAtmAnaM punImahe Ś. 1 ; Ms. 1. 105 ; 2. 62 ; Y. 1. 58 ; R. 1. 53 ; Bg. 10. 31. 2 To refine. 3 To clean from chaff, winnow. 4 To expiate, atone for. 5 To discern, discriminate. 6 To think out, devise, invent. 7 To become clear or pure ( Atm. ).
pU a. (At the end of comp. ) Purifying, cleansing, refining; as in KalapU &c.