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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Habʰítas, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬡𐬌𐬙𐬋 (aiβitō).
Pronunciation
Adverb
अभितस् • (abhítas)
- on all sides, all around
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 7.55.5:
- सस्तु माता सस्तु पिता सस्तु श्वा सस्तु विश्पतिः ।
ससन्तु सर्वे ज्ञातयः सस्त्व् अयम् अभितो जनः ॥- sastu mātā sastu pitā sastu śvā sastu viśpatiḥ.
sasantu sarve jñātayaḥ sastv ayam abhito janaḥ. - May the mother sleep, may the father sleep, may the dog and the village chief sleep.
Let all the kinsmen and all the people who are round about sleep.
c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE,
Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.1.7:
- ये चे॒मां रु॒द्रा अ॒भितो॑ दि॒क्षु श्रि॒ताः स॑हस्र॒शोऽवै॑षां॒ हेड॑ ईमहे॥
- yé cemā́ṃ rudrā́ abhíto dikṣú śritā́ḥ sahasraśóʼvaiṣāṃ héḍa īmahe.
- And the thousands of Rudras who lie around this earth in the quarters
Their wrath do we pray to.
- on both sides
- everywhere, around, about
- before and after