Vāyati2 [Vedic vāti & vāyati. See etym. under vāta] 1. to blow (only as vāyati) Vin i.48; D ii.107 (mahāvātā vāyanti); S iv.218 (vātā ākāse v.); J i.18; vi.530; Mhvs 12, 12. -- aor. vāyi S iv.290; J i.51. Cp. abhi˚, upa˚, pa˚. -- 2. to breathe forth, to emit an odour, to smell Pv i.61; PvA 14; as vāti (2nd sg. vāsi) at Jii.11 (=vāyasi C.). -- pp. vāta only as noun "wind" (q. v.).