saMmodate
saṃmodate, °dayati (= Pali saṃmodati), carries on a salutatory or greeting conversation with ; it involves inquiry into the health and well-being of the other person, cf. Pali MN comm. i.110.5 ff. : rarely with acc. of person, na tāḥ saṃmodayej jātu kauśalyaṃ sādhu pṛcchitum SP 280.1 ( vs ), he should not engage at all in conversation with [Page582-a] them to ask kindly after their welfare ; usually with instr. plus sārdhaṃ, devaiḥ sārdhaṃ ālapāmi saṃlapāmi saṃmode (1 sg. pres. mid. ) Bhīk 26b.3 , cf. in 4 devā api mayā sārdhaṃ ālapanti saṃlapanti pratisaṃmodante (see this; here prati clearly = in return , as in Pali , e.g. Miln. 25.4 ); the implication seems to be that despite the instr. with sārdhaṃ which regularly precedes, the verb saṃmodate, °dayati does not in itself involve mutual greetings, but only those of the subject to another person; also with cognate acc. (after instr. plus sārdhaṃ, or rarely saha) saṃmodanīyāṃ kathāṃ saṃmodayitvā, having carried on (such) a salutatory conversation , Mv iii.47.17 ; 60.11 ; 206.1 ; 208.12 ; 325.13 ; 394.13 ; 443.18 , always followed by sārāyaṇīyāṃ kathāṃ vyatisārayitvā (or the like), see these words. In similar phrases kṛtvā, or another ger. , may be substituted for saṃmodayitvā, see s.v. saṃmodana .