upanI
1. upa-√ nI P. Ā. -nayati , -te ( Ā. Pot. -nayIta , HirGṛ. i, 1, 2 ; p. -na/yamAna , AV. ) to lead or drive near, bring near, bring, adduce, offer, RV. ii, 3, 10 ; iii, 35, 3 ; ŚBr. ; TBr. ; MBh. ; Mn. ; Ragh. ; to bring information, communicate; to lead or bring near to one's self, take possession of R. ; Kathās. ; to lead, guide, MBh. ; BhP. ; to lead or draw towards one's self (said of the Guru who, in the ceremony of initiation, draws the boy towards himself); to initiate into one of the twice-born classes by investing with the sacred thread &c. (only Ā. Pāṇ. i, 3, 36 ), AV. xi, 5, 3 ; ŚBr. ; ĀśvGṛ. ; ŚāṅkhGṛ. &c., Mn. &c.; to bring about, produce, cause, Gīt. ; Prab. ; Sāh. ; to bring into any state, reduce to, R. ; Hariv. ; Kām. &c.; to take into one's service (only Ā. Pāṇ. i, 3, 36 ) : Caus. -nAyayati , to cause to initiate (a pupil), Mn. xi, 191.