Nahāyati (rarely nhāyati) [Ved. snāti & snāyati, snā=Gr. nh/xw (to swim), naro/s, *nhreu/s (Nereid), nh_sos (island); Lat. nare (to swim); cp. also Sk. snauti, Gr. na/w, ne/w; Goth. sniwan] to bathe (trs. & intr.), to wash, to perform an ablution (esp. at the end of religious studentship or after the lapse of a lustrative period) Vin ii.280;J i.265; vi.336; PvA 93. ppr. nahāyanto (PvA 83) & nahāyamāna (Vin ii.105); inf. nahāyituŋ (Vin i.47; PvA 144); ger. nahāyitvā (J i.50; vi.367; PvA 42) & nahātvā (J i.265; iii.277; DhA iii.88; PvA 23, 62) (after mourning), 82; grd. nahāyitabba (Vin ii.220, 280).