avara अवर ávara 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.] avarajā अवरजा avara—jā f. a younger sister, [Ragh.]; [BhP.] avaraja अवरज avara—ja mf(A)n. of low birth, inferior, younger, junior, [R. iii, 75, 10]; [BhP.] avara—ja m. a Śūdra, [Mn. ii, 223] a younger brother, [R.]; [Rājat.] (with abl.), [MBh. iv, 1012] avaramb अवरम्ब् ava-√ ramb (p. -rámbamāṇa) to hang down, [RV. viii, 1, 34] = ava-√ lamb, q.v. avarata अवरत ava-rata See an-avarata. avarati अवरति ava-rati f. stopping, ceasing, [L.] avaratas अवरतस् avara—tas ind. ([Pāṇ. v, 3, 29]) below &c., [L.] at least, [Pat.] avaraśaila अवरशैल avara—śaila ās, m. pl. ‘living or originated on the western mountain (in the monastery called avara śaila-saṅghārāma)’, N. of a Buddhist school. avarapara अवरपर ávara—para mf(A)n. preceding and following, [AitĀr.] avarastāt अवरस्तात् avara-s-tāt ind. below &c., [Pāṇ. v, 3, 29] & [41]. avaratara अवरतर ávara—tara (ávara-), mfn. (compar.) farther down, [ŚBr.] avarakaṅkā अवरकङ्का avara—kaṅkā f. N. of a city, [Jain.] avaraparam अवरपरम् avara—parám (ám), ind. one upon the other, [AV. xi, 3, 20], successively, [TBr.] (cf. avaras-pará below). avaraspara अवरस्पर avara—s-pará mfn. [[Padap.] avara-para] having the last first or the hindermost foremost, inverted, [VS. xxx, 19.] avaravarṇa अवरवर्ण avara—varṇa m. ‘a low or despised caste’, see -varṇa-ja ‘belonging to a low caste’, a Śūdra, [L.] avaravayas अवरवयस् avara—vayas mfn. younger, [Āp.] avaravrata अवरव्रत avara—vrata m. the sun, [L.] avarapuruṣa अवरपुरुष avara—puruṣa m. a descendant, [ChUp.] avaraṅgasāha अवरङ्गसाह avaraṅga-sāha = Aurungzeb (a Muhammedan king of the 17th century; sāha = the Persian شاه). avaravarṇaja अवरवर्णज avara—varṇa-ja m. ‘born in a low caste’, a Śūdra, [Mn. iii, 241] and [ix, 248.]