Vajjati1 [vṛj, Vedic vṛṇakti & varjati to turn; in etym. related to vajati. Dhtp 547: "vajjane"] to turn etc.; only as Pass. form vajjati [in form=Ved. vṛjyate] to be avoided, to be excluded from (abl.) Miln 227; KhA 160 (˚itabba, in pop. etym. of Vajjī). -- Caus. vajjeti (*varjayati) to avoid, to abstain from, renounce Sdhp 10, 11, 200. Cp. pari˚, vi˚.