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avअव्cl. 1. P. ávati (Imper. 2. sg. avatāt, [RV. viii, 2, 3], p. ávat; impf. ā́vat, 2. sg. 1. ā́vaḥ [for 2. ā́vaḥ See √ vṛ]; perf. 3. sg. āva, 2. pl. āvá, [RV. viii, 7, 18], 2. sg. ā́vitha; aor. ávīt, 2. sg. ávīs, avīs and aviṣas, Imper. aviṣṭu, 2. sg. aviḍḍhí [once, [RV. ii, 17, 8]] or aviḍḍhi [six times in [RV.]], 2. du. aviṣṭam, 3. du. aviṣṭām, 2. pl. aviṣṭánā, [RV. vii, 18, 25] Prec. 3. sg. avyās, Inf. ávitave, [RV. vii, 33, 1]; Ved. ind.p. āvyā, [RV. i, 166, 13]) to drive, impel, animate (as a car or horse), [RV.]; Ved. to promote, favour, (chiefly Ved.) to satisfy, refresh; to offer (as a hymn to the gods), [RV. iv, 44, 6]; to lead or bring to (dat.: ūtáye, vā́ja-sātaye, kṣatrā́ya, svastáye), [RV.]; (said of the gods) to be pleased with, like, accept favourably (as sacrifices, prayers or hymns), [RV.], (chiefly said of kings or princes) to guard, defend, protect, govern, [BhP.]; [Ragh. ix, 1]; [VarBṛS.] &c.: Caus. (only impf. āvayat, 2. sg. āvayas) to consume, devour, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]
[cf. Gk. ἀίω; Lat. aveo ?].
avīअवीa-vī f. (√ vī), a woman in her courses, [L.]
avaअवáva m. favour, [RV. i, 128, 5]
(cf. niravát.)
áva ind. (as a prefix to verbs and verbal nouns expresses) off, away, down, [RV.] &c.
(exceptionally as a preposition with abl.) down from, [AV. vii, 55, 1]
(for another use of this preposition See ava-kokila.)
(only gen. du. avór with vām, ‘of you both’, corresponding to sá tvám, ‘thou’, &c.), this, [RV. vi, 67, 11]; [vii, 67, 4] and (vā for vām), [x, 132, 5]
[Zd. pron. ava; Slav. ovo; cf. also the syllable, αὐ in αὐ-τός, αὖ, αὖθι, &c.; Lat. au-t, au-tem, &c.]
aveअवे(√ i), -eti (impf. -ayat; Pot. 1. sg. iyām; pr. p. f. avā-yati, [RV. viii, 91, 1]) to go down, go down to (acc.), go to, [RV.]; (Imper. 3. pl. Ā. āyantām) to rush down, [AV. xi, 10, 8] (cf. āvai); (Imper. ávaitu) to go away, [RV. v, 49, 5]; [AV. i, 11, 4]; to look upon, consider, [Śak.]; [Vikr.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to perceive, conceive, understand, learn, know, [MBh.] &c.; (with Inf.), [Kathās.] : Intens. (pl. -īmahe) to beg pardon for, conciliate, [RV. i, 24, 14] and [vii, 58, 5.]
aviअविávi mfn. (√ av), favourable, kindly disposed, [AV. v, 1, 9]
ávi m. f. a sheep, [RV.] (mentioned with reference to its wool being used for the Soma strainer), [AV.] &c.
the woollen Soma strainer, [RV.]
ávi m. a protector, lord, [L.]
the sun, [L.]
air, wind, [L.]
a mountain, [L.]
a wall or enclosure, [L.]
a cover made of the skin of mice, [L.]
ávi f. an ewe, [AV. x, 8, 31], (= a-vī, q.v.; cf. also adhi) a woman in her courses, [L.]
[cf. Lith. awi-s; Slav. ovjza; Lat. ovi-s; Gk. ὄϊ-ς; Goth. avistr].
avāṅअवाङ्(in Sandhi for avāk).
avācअवाच्a-vā́c mfn. id., [ŚBr. xiv]; [VarBṛS.]
avādअवाद्(√ ad), (Pot. 1. pl. -adimahi) to cause to eat food, [VS. iii, 58.]
avāgअवाग्(in Sandhi for avāk).
avājअवाज्(√ aj) ávājati, to drive down, [RV. i, 161, 10.]
avākअवाक्See 1. a-vā́ and āvāñc.
(), ind., see s.v.
ind. downwards, headlong, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Kauś.]; [Mn. viii, 75.]
avānअवान्(√ an), avā́niti to breathe or inhale, [ŚBr. iv] (cf. án-avānat)
avāpअवाप्(√ āp), -āpnoti (Imper. 2. sg. āpnuhi) to reach, attain, obtain, gain, get, [Up.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to get by division (as a quotient), [Sūryas.]; to suffer (e.g. blame or unpleasantness or pain), [Mn.]; [Ragh. xviii, 34]; [Pañcat.] : Caus. to cause to obtain anything (acc.), [Naiṣ. viii, 89.]
avāsअवास्(√ 2. as), (Ved. ind.p. avāsyā) to put down, [RV. i, 140, 10.]
avasअवस्ávas n. (√ av), favour, furtherance, protection, assistance, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]
refreshing, [RV.]
enjoyment, pleasure, [RV.]
wish, desire (as of men for the gods &c., [RV.], or of the waters for the sea, [RV. viii, 16, 2]) (cf. -sv-ávas.)
avás ind. (once, before m, avár, [RV. i, 133, 6]; cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 70]) (fr. áva) downwards, [RV.]
(as a prep.) down from (abl. or instr.), [RV.]
below (with instr.), [RV. i, 164, 17] and [18]; [x, 67, 4.]
avatअवत्ávat mfn. pr. p. See √ av.
avohअवोह्(√ 1. ūh), (Pot. ávohet) to push down, [TS. vi.]
avyaअव्यávya mfn. (said of the woollen Soma strainer) coming from sheep (ávi, q.v.), [RV.]
ávya m. n. the woollen Soma strainer, [RV.]
avāñcअवाञ्च्ávāñc mfn. āṅ, ācī, āk (fr. 2. añc), turned downwards, being or situated below, lower than (abl.), [RV. iv, 25, 6]; [AV. x, 2, 11]; [ŚBr. xiv]
(more correctly , also) southern, [Daś.]
avācīअवाचीávācī f. (with diś) the direction downwards (i.e. towards the ground) [VS. xxii, 24]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [Up.]; (without diś) the southern quarter, [L.]
avāciअवाचिavā-√ ci -cinoti (= bhogena uyayi-karoti Comm.) to dissipate what is accumulated, use up, [MBh. xii, 5952.]
avākṛअवाकृavā-√ kṛ (Imper. 2. sg. -kṛdhi) to ward off, remove, [RV. viii, 53, 4.]
avānaअवानa-vāna mfn. id., [MBh. ii, 704] (v.l. a-vāta)
wet, [Kād.]
dry, [L.]
a-vāna See 1. a-vātá.
avāpaअवापmfn. See dur-avāpa.
avārchअवार्छ्(√ ṛch), avārchati (sic; Pot. avārchét) to fall down, become damaged, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]
avāraअवारavārá n. (fr. 2. áva, but formed after a-pārá, q.v.) Ved. this side, the near bank of a river, [VS. xxx, 16]; [TS.] &c.
avārjअवार्ज्(√ ṛj), (3. pl. avārjanti) to dismiss, [ŚBr. iv.]
avātaअवातa-vātá mf(A/)n. (√ vai), not dried up, fresh, [RV. i, 52, 4]; [62, 10] and [viii, 79, 7.]
a-vātá mf(A/)n. windless, [RV. i, 38, 7]
a-vātá (ám), n. the windless atmosphere, [RV. vi, 64, 4] and [x, 129, 2.]
á-vāta mf(A)n. (√ van), unattacked, untroubled, [RV.]
avāyaअवायm. (√ i), going down (into water, in comp.), [KātyŚr.]
‘yielding’, see an-avāyā.
avāyuअवायुa-vāyú mfn. without wind, [ŚBr. xiv.]
avaidhaअवैधa-vaidha mfn. not conformable to rule, unprescribed Comm. on [Mn. v, 50] and [55]; [vi, 31.]
avīciअवीचिa-vīci mfn. waveless, [L.]
a-vīci m. a particular hell, [Yājñ. iii, 224]; [Buddh.] &c.
avījaअवीजa-vīja &c. See a-bīja.
avīrāअवीराa-vī́rā f. (a woman) who has no husband, a widow, [RV. x, 86, 9]; [BhP.]
one who has neither husband nor son, [Mn. iv, 213]; [Yājñ. i, 163]
avīraअवीरa-vī́ra mfn. unmanly, weak, [RV. vii, 61, 4] and [x, 95, 3]
having no sons, [RV. vii, 4, 6]
without heroes, [Bālar.]
a-vīrá (ám), n. a country destitute of heroes or men, [ŚBr.]
avītaअवीतá-vīta mf(A)n. (√ vī), not enjoyed (as the sacrificial oblation), [RV. iv, 48, 1]
avabhāअवभाava-√ bhā -√ bhāti, to shine downwards, [RV. i, 154, 6] (v.l. -bhāri, fr. ava-√ bhṛ, [VS. vi, 3]); to shine, be brilliant, [Hariv. 13100]; to appear, become manifest, [MBh. iii, 10094]; [BhP.]; [Rājat.]
avabhṛअवभृava-√ bhṛ P. (impf. ávābharat, or -bharat, 2. sg. -bharas, Ved. Imper. 2. sg. -bharā) to throw or push or press down or into, [RV.]; to throw or cut off, [RV. ii, 20, 6] and [x, 171, 2] : Ā. -bharate, to sink down or disappear (as foam), [RV. i, 104, 3], to lower, [RV. viii, 19, 23] : Pass. (Subj. -bhriyāte aor. -bhāri) to be pressed upon or in (acc.), [RV. v, 31, 12]; [VS. vi, 3] (see ava-√ bhā).
avadhāअवधाava-√ dhā P. (aor. 3. pl. -ádhuh, [RV.]; Imper. 2. sg. -dhehi and perf. 3. pl. -dadhúh, [AV.]; ind.p. -dhāya; rarely Ā., e.g. perf. -dadhe, [MBh. i, 4503]) to place down, plunge into (loc.), deposit, [RV. i, 158, 5] & [ix, 13, 4] &c.; to place or turn aside, [ŚBr.] : Pass. (Imper. -dhīyatām) to be applied or directed (as the mind), [Hit.] : Caus. (Pot. -dhāpayet) to cause to put into (loc.), [ĀśvGṛ.]
avadhīअवधीava-√ dhī (impf. -dīdhet) to watch or lie in wait for (dat.), [RV. x, 144, 3.]
avadhūअवधूava-√ dhū Ved. P. (Imper. 2. sg. -dhūnuhi, 2. pl. -dhūnutā) to shake off or out or down, [RV. x, 66, 14] & [134, 3]; [KātyŚr.] &c.: Ā. (2. sg. -dhūnuṣé; impf. 2. sg. -dhūnuthās; aor. -adhūṣata; perf. Pot. -dudhuvīta; p. -dhūnvāná) to shake off (as enemies or evil spirits or anything disagreeable), frighten away, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] : Caus. (Pot. -dhūnayet) to shake, [Mn. iii, 229.]
avadhaअवधa-vadhá mfn. (√ vadh), not hurting, innoxious, beneficent [[Gmn.]; ‘indestructible’, [NBD.]], [RV. i, 185, 3]
a-vadhá (as), m. the not striking or hurting, [Gaut.]
absence of murder, [Mn. v, 39.]
avadhṛअवधृava-√ dhṛ Caus. -dhārayati (ind.p. dhārya; Pass. -dhāryate) to consider, ascertain, determine accurately, limit, restrict, [MBh.] &c., to hear, learn, [ib.]; to conceive, understand, make out, become acquainted with, [ib.]; to reflect upon, think of (acc. or a phrase with iti), [Śak.] (Prākṛt ind.p. odhāria), [Pañcat.] &c.; to communicate, [Kathās.] : Pass. -dhriyate, to be ascertained, be certain Comm. on [BṛĀrUp.]
avadhiअवधिava-dhí m. attention, [L.]
a term, limit, [ŚBr.] &c.
conclusion, termination, [Kum. iv, 43]; [Kathās.] &c.
surrounding district, environs, neighbourhood, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 124]
a hole, pit, [L.]
period, time, [L.]
ava-dhí (i), ind. until, up to (in comp.), [Kathās.]
avaśāअवशाá-vaśā f. not a cow, a bad cow, [AV. xii, 4, 17] and [42.]
avaśṝअवशॄava-√ śṝ (impf. avāśṛṇāt) to break (as any one's anger), [PBr.] : Pass. (impf. -śīryata) to be dispersed, fly in every direction, [R. i, 37, 13] ed. Bomb.
avaśīअवशीava-√ śī Ā. (3. pl. śīyante; Imper. -śīyatām) to fall or drop off, [AV. xviii, 3, 60]; [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]; [ŚBr.]; [PBr.]
avaśaअवशa-vaśá mf(A)n. unsubmissive to another's will, independent, unrestrained, free,[AV. vi, 42, 3] & [43, 3], &c.
not having one's own free will, doing something against one's desire or unwillingly, [Mn. v, 33]; [Bhag.] &c.
avaśiअवशिava-√ śi (Imper. 2. sg. -śiśīhi) to deliver from, remove, [RV. x, 105, 8.]
avacaअवच‘lower’, in uccāvaca, q.v.
avaciअवचिava-√ ci (p. -cinvat, [MBh. iii, 13151]; ind.p. -citya; Inf. -cetum, [Kathās.]) to gather, collect (as fruits from a tree, vṛkṣam phalāni [double acc.] [Pāṇ. i, 4, 51.], [Kāś.]); (p. f. -cinvatī), to draw back or open one's garment, [RV. iii, 61, 4.]
ava-√ ci (3. pl. -cinvanti) to examine, [MBh. iii, 10676] seq.
avadṝअवदॄava-√ dṝ (aor. Subj. -darṣat, [RV. ix, 74, 7] Pot. -driṇīyāt, [ŚBr.]; ind.p. -dīrya, [Suśr.]) to split or force open, to rend or tear asunder: Caus. (Pot. -dārayet; p. -dārayat) to cause to burst, rend or split, [R. vi, 4, 22]; [Ragh. xiii, 3] : Pass. -dīryate, to be split, burst, [ŚBr.] &c.
avadoअवदोava-√ do -dyati (ind.p. -dāya, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [BhP.]) Ved. to cut off, divide (especially the sacrificial cake and other objects offered in a sacrifice), [ŚBr.] &c.; to cut into pieces, [BhP.]; (aor. Pot. Ā. 1. sg. -diṣīya [derived fr. ava-√ dā, ‘to present’, by, [Gmn.]]; perhaps fr. ava-√ day above) to appease, satisfy with (instr.), [RV. ii, 33, 5.]
avagāअवगाava-√ gā (aor. Subj. -gat) to pass away, be wanting, [AV. xii, 3, 46], (aor. 2. sg. -gā́s, 3. sg. avāgāt) to go to, join with (instr.), [RV. i, 174, 4]; (acc.), [KātyŚr.]
avagaiअवगैava-√ gai See ava-gīta.
avagṝअवगॄava-√ gṝ only Ā. ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 51] [p. -giramāṇa, [Bhaṭṭ.]; aor. avāgīrṣṭa, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87], Sch.], but P. Subj. -garat, [AV. xvi, 7, 4]) to swallow down: Intens. (Subj. 2. sg. -jalgulas) id., [RV. i, 28, 1.]
avahāअवहाava-√ 3. hā (aor. 3. sg. aváhāh [for °hās-t], perf. 3. sg. -jahā́ ind.p. -hā́ya) to leave, quit, [RV. i, 116, 3] and [viii, 45, 37]; [TS.]; [MBh. xiii, 6208] Pass. hīyate (fut. -hasyate, [Kāṭh.]) to be left remaining, remain behind, [MBh. iii, 11558], ‘to remain behind’ i.e. to be excelled, [R. v, 2, 11], (1. sg. hīye) to be abandoned, [RV. x, 34, 5] Caus. (aor. Subj. 2. sg. -jīhipas) to cause to remain behind on or to deviate from (a path abl.), [RV. iii, 53, 9.]
avahṛअवहृava-√ hṛ Ā. -harate (generally ind.p. -hṛtya) to move down (as the arms), take down, put down or aside, [KātyŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]; (P. Imper. 2. sg. -hara), [MBh. iv, 1304.] P. -harati to bring together, amass (?), [Pāṇ. v, 1, 52]: Caus. to cause to pay taxes, [Āp.] : Caus. Pass. (3. pl. -hāryante) to be caused to pay taxes, [MBh. ii, 249.]
avahuअवहुava-√ hu (3. pl. -juhvati) to shed (as drops of sweat), [RV. v, 7, 5]
avajiअवजिava-√ ji (impf. avājayat; ind.p. -jitya) to spoil (i.e. deprive of by conquest), win, [MBh.]; [Mn. xi, 80] &c.; to ward off, [MBh. xiii, 124], to conquer, [MBh.]: Desid. (p. -jigīṣat) to wish to win or recover, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
avakāअवकाávakā f. (g. kṣipakādi, q.v.) id., [VS.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
avakṝअवकॄava-√ kṝ -kirati (impf. avākirat; ind.p. -kīrya) to pour out or down, spread, scatter, [ĀśvGṛ.] &c.; (Pot. -kíret) to spill one's semen virile, [TĀr.] (cf. áva-kīrṇa and °rṇin below); to shake off, throw off, leave, [TBr.]; [MBh.]; to bestrew, pour upon, cover with, fill, [MBh.] &c.: Pass. -kīryate (perf. -cakre, [MBh. iii, 12306], according to [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87] Comm. also Ā. -kirate aor. avākirṣṭa) to extend in different directions, disperse, pass away, [MBh.] &c.; Ā. (aor. 3. pl. avākīrṣata) to fall off, become faithless, [PBr.], (cf. ava-√ s-kṝ)
avakaअवकávaka m. a grassy plant growing in marshy land (Blyxa Octandra Rich., otherwise called Śaivāla), [MaitrS.]
avakṛअवकृava-√ kṛ (ind.p. -kṛtvā [mukhāny] ava) to direct downwards (as the face), [BhP.]
avalīअवलीava-√ lī Ā. (p. -līyamāna; impf. 3. pl. avāliyanta) to stick to (loc.), [Suśr.]; to bow, stoop, [MBh. viii, 939], to hide one's self in (loc.), [R. vi, 99, 43] (pr. p. P. -līyat).
avamāअवमाava-√ mā (ind.p. -mā́ya) to measure off, [TS.]
avamaअवमavamá mf(A/)n. undermost, inferior, lowest base, [RV.] &c.
next, intimate, [RV.]
last, youngest, [RV. vi, 21, 5], (ifc. with numerals) less by, [RPrāt.]
avamá (am), n. (scil. dina) or (āni) pl. the difference (expressed in days of twenty-four hours) existing between the lunar months and the corresponding solar ones, [VarBṛS.] &c.
avanīअवनीf. the plant Ficus Heterophylla, [L.]
N. of a river, [Hariv.] (see aváni.)
f. the earth, [R.]; [Pañcat.]
ava-√ nī (fut. 2. sg. -neṣyasi) to lead or bring down into (water), [ŚBr.]; to put into (loc.), [Gobh.]; -nayati, Ved. to pour down or over, [AV.]; [VS.] &c.
avanaअवनn. favour, preservation, protection, [Nir.]; [BhP.] &c. (cf. an-avana)
(= tarpaṇa) satisfaction, [L.]
joy, pleasure, [L.]
(for the explanation of 2. éva) desire, wish, [Nir.]
speed, [L.]
mfn. preserving, a preserver, [Dharmaś.]
See √ av.
avaniअवनिaváni f. course, bed of a river, [RV.]
stream, river, [RV.], the earth, [Naigh.]; [R.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
the soil, ground, [Megh.]
any place on the ground, [Sūryas.]
(ayas), f. pl. the fingers, [Naigh.]
avanuअवनुava-√ nu Ā. (3. pl. -navante) to move towards (acc.), [RV. ix, 86, 27.]
avaḍaअवडm. a kind of field, [L.]
avarāअवराávarā f. ‘after-birth’, see avarāvapatana below
(= aparā, q.v.) the hind quarter of an elephant, [L.]
N. of Durgā, [L.]
avaraअवरávara mf(A)n. (fr. 2. áva), below inferior, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]
low, mean, unimportant of small value, [ŚBr.]; [Up.]; [Mn.] &c.
posterior, hinder, later, last, younger, [RV.] &c.
nearer, [RV.]; [AV.]
western, [ŚBr.]
preceding (with abl., opposed to pára), [ŚBr.]; [RPrāt.]
ávara n. ifc. (f(A). ) the least, the lowest degree, lowest sum (cf. kārṣāpaṇāvara, trirātrāvara, try-avara, daśāvara, saṃvatsarāvara); the hind thigh of an elephant, [L.]
avasāअवसाáva-sā and -sātṛ́ See ava-√ so.
áva-sā f. liberation, deliverance, [RV. iv, 23, 3]
‘halt, rest’, see an-avasá.
avasaiअवसैava-saí Ved. Inf. See ava-√ so above.
avasaअवसavasá n. Ved. refreshment, food, provisions, viaticum, [RV. i, 93, 4]; [119, 6]
[vi, 61] &c.
(with pad vát) ‘food that has feet’ i.e. cattle, [RV. x, 169, 1]
avasá m. a king, [Uṇ.]
avasṛअवसृava-√ sṛ Caus. to move anything aside or away, [Kauś.]
avasoअवसोava-√ so -syati (Imper. 2. du. -syatam; aor. Subj. -sāt) to loosen, deliver from, [RV. vi, 74, 3] and [vii, 28, 4]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; (Imper. 2. sg. -sya; aor. ávāsāt, [TBr.] &c. aor. 3. pl. ávāsur, [RV. i, 179, 2]; ind.p. -sā́ya, [RV. i, 104, 1]; Ved. Inf. -sai, [RV. iii, 53, 20]) Ved. to unharness (horses), put up at any one's house, settle, rest, [RV.] &c.; to take one's abode or standing-place in or upon (loc.), [AV. ix, 2, 14]; [TBr.]; to finish, terminate (one's work), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [RPrāt.] &c.; to be finished, be at an end, be exhausted, [Kir. xvi, 17]; to choose or appoint (as a place for dwelling or for a sacrifice), [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; (Pot. 2. sg. -seyās; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 67]) to decide, [Bhaṭṭ.], to obtain, [BhP.] : Caus. -sāyayati (ind.p. -sā́yya) to cause to take up one's abode in or upon (loc.), [TS.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.]; (ind.p. -sāyya) to complete, [Ragh. v, 76]; (Inf. [in Pass. sense] -sāyyayitum) to ascertain, clearly distinguish, [Kir. ii, 29.] Pass. -sīyate (cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66]) to be obtained, [BhP.]; to be insisted upon, [MBh. xii, 554] (ed. Bomb. in active sense ‘to insist upon’); to be ascertained, [BhP.]; [Sarvad.]
avatṝअवतॄava-√ tṝ cl. 1. P. -tarati (perf. -tatāra, 3. pl. -teruḥ; Inf. -taritum [e.g. [Hariv. 3511]] or -tartum [e.g. [MBh. i, 2509]; [R. vii, 30, 12]]; ind.p. -tīrya) to descend into (loc. or acc.), alight from, alight (abl.), [VS.]; to descend (as a deity) in becoming incarnate, [MBh.]; to betake one's self to (acc.), arrive at, [MBh.]; to make one's appearance, arrive, [Sarvad.]; to be in the right place, to fit, [TPrāt.]; to undertake: Ved. cl. 6. P. (Imper. 2. sg. -tira; impf. -átirat, 2. sg. -átiras, 2. du. -atiratam; aor. 2. sg. -tārīs) to overcome, overpower, [RV.]; [AV.] : Ved. cl. 4. (p. fem. -tī́yatī) to sink, [AV. xix, 9, 8] : Caus. -tārayati (ind.p. -tārya) to make or let one descend, bring or fetch down (acc. or loc.) from (abl.), [MBh.] &c.; to take down, take off, remove, turn away from (abl. [Ragh. vi, 30]), [ib.]; ‘to set a-going, render current’, see ava-tārita below; to descend (?), [AV. vii, 107, 1.]
avataअवतavatá m. a well, cistern, [RV.] (cf. avatká.)
avatá See above s.v. avaṭá.
avavāअववाava-√ vā -vāti, to blow down, [RV. x, 60, 11]; (said of fire compared to a bull) to snort (i.e. to crackle) towards, [RV. i, 58, 5.]
avavīअववीava-√ vī -veti to eat, enjoy, [RV. x, 23, 4.]
avaṭaअवटavaṭá m. a hole, vacuity in the ground, [SV.]; [VS.] &c.
a hole in a tooth, [VarBṛS.]
any depressed part of the body, a sinus, [Yājñ. iii, 98]
a juggler, [L.]
N. of a man, (g. gargādi, q.v.)
avaṭiअवटिm. a hole in the ground, [L.]
avaṭuअवटुm. f. the back or nape of the neck, [Suśr.]
a hole in the ground, [L.]
a well, [L.]
N. of a tree, [L.]
n. a hole, rent, [L.]
avayāअवयाava-√ yā (perf. 3. pl. -yayuḥ; p. gen. pl. -yātā́m) to go or come down, [RV. i, 94, 12] and [168, 4]; (Ved. Inf. ava-yaí) to go away (opposed to upa-yaí, ‘to come up’), [RV. viii, 47, 12]; (aor. Subj. -yāsat; Prec. 2. sg. -yāsisīṣṭhāḥ [cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 34] Comm.]; aor. 1. sg. -ayāsiṣam) to avert, appease, [RV. iv, 1, 4]; [vi, 66, 5]; [VS. iii, 48.]
avayaअवयSee śatā́vaya.
avayuअवयुava-√ 1. yu (p. fem. -yuvatī) to separate from (abl.), [Nir. iv, 11] : Caus. -yāvayati, to keep off, [Nir. ix, 42.]
aveṇiअवेणिa-veṇi mfn. having no braid of hair, [L.]
not commingled (as the waters of rivers), [L.]
single, being by itself, [Buddh.] (cf. aveṇika.)
avedaअवेदá-veda m. pl. not the Vedas, [ŚBr. xiv.]
avediअवेदिa-vedi f. ignorance, [BṛĀrUp.]
a-vedi mfn. without a Vedi or sacrificial altar, [KātyŚr.]
avekṣअवेक्ष्(√ īkṣ), avekṣate to look towards, look at, behold, [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; (1. sg. ī́kṣe) to perceive, observe, experience, [RV. viii, 79, 9]; [R.]; [Bhag.] &c.: Ā. (rarely P., e.g. 2. sg. avékṣasi, [MBh. ii, 2158]) to have in view, have regard to, take into consideration, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. avekṣayati, to cause to look at, [KātyŚr.]
avelāअवेलाa-velā f. wrong time, [Lāṭy.]
chewed betel, [L.]
avelaअवेलa-vela m. (?), denial or concealment of knowledge, [L.]
avenvअवेन्व्(√ inv), (Imper. 2. du. -invatam) to send down (as rain), [RV. vii, 64, 2.]
avetaअवेतmfn. elapsed, passed, (án- neg.), [TS.]
one who has gained, obtained (with acc.), Pā, [v, 1, 134.]
avṛdhaअवृधa-vṛdhá mfn. not rendering prosperous or refreshing (the gods with sacrifices), [RV. vii, 6, 3.]
avṛthāअवृथाa-vṛthā ind. not in vain, profitably, [L.]
avṛhaअवृहa-vṛha m. pl. a class of Buddhist divinities, [Lalit.]