vaṭ (prob. invented to serve as a √for the words below

• √1. vṛt), cl. 1. P, vaṭati (pf. vavāṭa &c.), to surround, encompass Dhātup. ix, 13

• cl. 10. P. vaṭayati, to tie, string, connect, xxxv, 5

• to divide, partition, xxxv, 65

• to speak, xix, 1 7: Pass. vaṭyate (only vaṭyante Vishṇ. xliii, 34), to be crushed or pounded or ground down