apa-√nī to lead away or off

• to rob, steal, take or drag away

• to remove, frighten away

• to put off or away (as garments, ornaments, or fetters)

• to extract, take from

• to deny Comm. on Mn. viii, 53. 59

• to except, exclude from a rule Comm. on RPrāt.: Desid -ninīṣati, to wish to remove Comm. on Mn. i, 27