Avakkhipati & okkhipati [ava + khipati; cp. Sk. ava- kṣipati] to throw down or out, cast down, drop; fig. usually appld to the eyes = to cast down, hence transferred to the other senses and used in meaning of "to keep under, to restrain, to have control over" (cp. also avakkhāyati), aor. ˚khipi DA i.268 (bhusaŋ, v. l. avakkhasi).