[sulānā], v.t. to cause to sleep.
[◀MIA ⋯ ◀OIA svāpáyati ʻlulls to sleepʼ RV. <√svap ‘sleep’ ◀PIE *su̯ep-, sup- ‘to sleep’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. soporific, somnolence, hypnotic ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0669; (Turner, 1966) 13928, p.803; (MW, 1899) 1280; (Pokorny, 1959) 1048; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.791
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