avama अवम avamá 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. avamath अवमथ् ava-√ math (ind.p. -mathya) to cleanse (as a wound) by pricking or stirring (with an instrument), [Suśr.] avaman अवमन् ava-√ man Ā. (Pot. -manyeta aor. Subj. 2. sg. maṃsthāḥ, 2.pl. -madhvam, [Bhaṭṭ.]; ep. also P. -manyati fut. -maṃsyati, [MBh. iv, 444]) to despise, treat contemptuously, [MBh.] &c.; to repudiate, refuse, [ib.] : Pass. -manyate to be treated contemptuously: Caus. (Pot. -mānayet) to despise, treat contemptuously, [Mn. ii, 50.] avamajj अवमज्ज् ava-√ majj (p. f. majjantī) to immerse, [R. ii, 95, 14.] avamata अवमत ava-mata mfn. despised, disregarded, contemned, [Mn. vii, 150], &c. avamati अवमति ava-mati f. aversion, dislike, [L.], disregard, contempt, [L.] ava-mati m. a master, owner, [L.] avamantha अवमन्थ ava-mantha or ava-manthaka, m. swellings caused by boils or contusions, [Suśr.] avamantṛ अवमन्तृ ava-mantṛ mfn. despising, disrespectful towards (gen. [[MBh. i, 1705]] or acc. [[Bālar.]] or in comp. [[BhP.]]) avamanya अवमन्य ava-manya ind.p. = -matya, [MBh. v, 7533]; [xvi, 73] and [75.] avamarśa अवमर्श ava-marśa &c. See ava-√ mṛś. ava-marśa m. (ifc. f(A). ) touch, contact, [Śak.] (v.l.) reflecting upon, [Daśar.] avamarda अवमर्द ava-marda &c. See ava-√ mṛd. ava-marda m. oppression, giving pain, [MBh. xii, 2183]; [R.] a kind of eclipse, [VarBṛS.] N. of an owl, [Kathās.] avamatya अवमत्य ava-matya ind.p. despising, [Kum. v, 53]; [BhP.] avamarśam अवमर्शम् ava-márśam ind. so as to touch, [ŚBr.] (cf. án-avam°) avamanthaka अवमन्थक ava-mantha or ava-manthaka, m. swellings caused by boils or contusions, [Suśr.] avamanyaka अवमन्यक ava-manyaka mfn. = -mantṛ, [MBh. iii, 1176] (with gen.), [VP.] (ifc.) avamarśita अवमर्शित ava-marśita mfn. touched i.e. disturbed (as a sacrifice), [BhP.] avamardana अवमर्दन ava-mardana mfn. crushing, oppressing, giving pain, [R. iii, 35, 114] ava-mardana n. rubbing (as of hands and feet), [Pañcat.] oppression, giving pain, [MBh. iii, 12313]; [R.] avamardita अवमर्दित ava-mardita mfn. crushed, destroyed, [MBh. iii, 874]; [R.] avamantavya अवमन्तव्य ava-mantavya mfn. to be treated with disrespect, contemptible, [MBh.]; [Mn. ii, 226] & [vii, 8], &c. avamatāṅkuśa अवमताङ्कुश mfn. ‘disdaining the hook’, a restive elephant, [L.]