| āvan | आवन् | ā-√ van Ā. (2. sg. ā́-vanase, [RV. i, 140, 11]; pf. 3. sg. ā́-vavne, [RV. v, 74, 7]; aor. 3. sg. -ávaniṣīṣṭa, [RV. i, 127, 7]) to wish, desire, crave for; to procure. |
| (add) Desid. -vivasate, to seek to win, attract, propitiate, [RV. i, 41, 8]. |
| āvantī | आवन्ती | f. the language of Avanti. |
| āvanta | आवन्त | m. (fr. avanti), a king of Avanti (the district of Oujein), [VarBṛS.] |
| N. of a son of Dhṛṣṭa, [Hariv.], (cf. avanta) |
| āvaneya | आवनेय | m. (fr. avani), ‘son of the earth’, N. of the planet Mars. |
| āvantya | आवन्त्य | mfn. coming from or being in the country Avanti, [Suśr.] |
| m. a king or inhabitant of Avanti, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] |
| (according to [Manu. x, 21], the Āvantyas are offsprings of degraded Brāhmans.) |
| āvandana | आवन्दन | ā-vandana n. (√ vand), salute, [L.] |
| āvantaka | आवन्तक | mfn. belonging to or coming from Avanti |
| m. pl. the inhabitants of Avanti, [VarBṛS.] |
| āvantikā | आवन्तिका | f. N. of a woman, [Kathās.] |
| āvantika | आवन्तिक | mfn. belonging to or coming from Avanti, [VarBṛS.] |
| m. N. of a Buddhist school |
| āvanatīya | आवनतीय | mfn. (fr. ava-nata, g. kṛśāśvādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 80.]) |