While ahhi-mukha, " turned towards," means favour-
able, ahhimdti means ambush, enemy ; abhikram,
abhitchar, abhijug, abhikr, to walk, to act against, to
attack ; abhibhu, to be above, abhirasJitra, he who
rules afar ; sa maniishir abhi vigo bhati, he shines on or
in the dwellings of men ; abhi lomani, in the hair ;
abhi subhagam, for riches. This comprehensive word
has also the sense of around : abhi-tas, on either hand,
from all sides. Tam abhitas dstnds, being, seated all
round him. SarvS Pradjapatim abhita(s) upaviganii,
all approacli Pradjapati from all sides.
Zend and Persian have retained abhi under the
forms aibi, aiwi, ahis, with the meaning towards,
upon. Greek has adopted afxdl, aficpli, and with the
dual a/xcpui, in, for, round, afar, from both sides, both ;



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afx<^i and aficpk are sometimes prepositions and some-
times adverbs : a/xcpiKTiovtjs, those who dwell in the
same house ; a/x(^/ KTa/uievtjs e\a<poio, for the possession
of a stag. It would seem that the sense " around "
had need of commentary. Homer often strengthens
afKpl with Trepl : afx,(j)i irepi Kpijvrjv, round about the
spring ; yet he employs it alone, as a rule : afi(pl Se
XeifjLwv, the marsh extends all round ; ofAcfn §e eraipoi
eSSov, the comrades slept round about ; afi(pi Se
HapOeviov, near the Parthenios ; afx<plvoof, irresolute ;
afjiipidoXog, who strikes or is stricken on all sides,
whence aiLitpi^oXoyia, ambiguity of phrase.
