ava-√ 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.]
ava-√ sthā P. -tiṣṭhati (impf. -atiṣṭhat; aor. Subj. -sthāt; perf. Ā. 3. sg. -tasthe; perf. p. P. -tasthivás) to go down into (acc.), reach down to (acc.), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; (aor. Subj. 2. pl. -sthāta), to go away from (abl.), [RV. v, 53, 8]; (aor. Subj. 1. sg. -sthām) to be separated from or deprived of (abl.), [RV. ii, 27, 17] : Ā. ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 22]; rarely P., e.g. [Bhag. xiv, 23]; [BhP.] &c.) to take one's stand, remain standing, [ĀśvGṛ.] &c.; to stay, abide, stop at any place (loc.), [MBh.] &c.; to abide in a state or condition (instr.), [MBh. i, 5080]; [BhP.] &c.; (with ind.p.) to remain or continue (doing anything), [MBh. i, 5770]; [iii, 187] (ed. Bomb.), &c.; to be found, exist, be present, [MBh.]; [Yājñ. i, 272], &c.; (perf. 1. sg. -tasthe) to fall to, fall into the possession of (dat.), [RV. x, 48, 5]; to enter, be absorbed in (loc.), [Mn. vi, 81] ; to penetrate (as sound or as fame), [MBh. xiii, 1845] : Pass. -sthīyate, to be settled or fixed or chosen, [Śak.] : Caus. (generally ind.p. -sthāpya) to cause to stand or stop (as a carriage or an army &c.), let behind, [MBh.] &c.; to place upon (loc.), fix, set, array, [ĀśvGṛ.] &c.; to cause to enter or be absorbed in (loc.), [MBh. iii, 12502]; to render solid or firm, [R. v, 35, 36]; to establish (by arguments) Comm. on [Nyāyad.] : Pass. Caus. -sthāpyate, to be kept firm [‘to be separated’, [BR.]] [BhP.]
ava-sthā (ā), f. appearance (in a court of justice), [Mn. viii, 60]
‘stability, consistence’, cf. anavastha
state, condition, situation (five are distinguished in dramas, [Sāh.]), circumstance of age [[Pāṇ. v, 4, 146]; [vi, 2, 115], &c.] or position, stage, degree
ava-sthā́ (ā́s), f. pl. the female organs of generation, [RV. v, 19, 1.]
ava-√ sad P. -sīdati (rarely Ā., e.g. Pot. -sideta, [MBh. i, 5184]; impf. -sīdata, [R. iv, 58, 6]) to sink (as into water), [Suśr.]; [BhP.]; to sink down, faint, grow lean [[TS.]; [PBr.]], become exhausted or disheartened, slacken, come to an end, perish, Caus. (p. -sādayat; ind.p. -sādya) to cause to sink (as, into water), [Suśr.]; to render downhearted, dispirit, ruin, [ChUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to frustrate, [MBh. xii, 2634]; [R. v, 51, 2.]
ava-√ sṛj (Subj. -sṛjāt [[RV. x, 108, 5]] or -sṛját [[RV. i, 174, 4]] or -sṛjat [[RV. i, 55, 6] and [x, 113, 4]]; Imper. 2. sg. -sṛjā́, or -sṛjā; impf. -ásṛjat; perf. Pot. -sasṛjyā, [RV. i, 24, 13]; p. -sṛját, [RV. ii, 3, 10]) to fling, throw (as arrows or the thunderbolt), [RV. iv, 27, 3]; [AV. iv, 6, 7]; [TS.] &c.; to throw or put into (loc.), [Mn. i, 8]; [MBh. iii, 12769]; Ved. to let off, let loose, let go, send, dismiss, abandon, surrender (as to misfortune, aghā́ya, [RV. i, 189, 5]), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to give up (as one's anger &c.), [MBh. v, 1822] and [vi, 5848], (or one's life, prāṇān) [xii, 88] ; to pardon, [RV. vii, 86, 5]; (any one's life, prāṇān), [MBh. iii, 3052]; to deliver (a woman), [RV. x, 138, 2]; to be delivered, bring forth, [AV. i, 11, 3]; to produce, form, shape, [Hariv. 7057]; [BhP.] : Ā. (impf. 3. pl. ávāsṛjanta) to relax, lose energy and power, [RV. iv, 19, 2]; (impf. avāsṛjat for °sajat, fr. -√ sañj, [BR.]) to attach to (loc.), [MBh. i, 1973.]
ava-√ sṛp -sárpati, (said of the sun) to set, [VS. xvi, 7]; (p. loc. m. -sarpati), [Lāṭy.]; to flow back (as the sea in low tide), [MBh. xiii, 7257] (v.l. ava-sarpita mfn. ‘caused to flow back’); to creep to or approach unawares, [TS.]; [AV. viii, 6, 3]; to flow over gradually, [AV. xi, 1, 17.]
ava-√ sic (p. -siñcat; ind.p. -sicya) to sprinkle, pour upon (acc. or loc.), [KātyŚr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Kauś.]; [Gobh.]; to pour out, [Gobh.] : Caus. (Pot. -secayet) to sprinkle, bedew, [MBh. xiii, 5056]; [VarBṛS.]
ava-√ sañj (ind.p. -sajya, Imper. 3. pl. Pass. -sajyantām) to suspend, attach to, append, [MBh. xv, 436]; [Hariv.]; [R.], (cf. ava-√ sṛj at end); to charge with (a business; acc.), [R. iv, 42, 7] : Ā. -sajjate, to adhere or cleave to, not leave undisturbed, [MBh. xiii, 2198.]
ava-√ sphūrj (p. -sphū́rjat) Ved. to thunder, make a noise like a thunder-clap, [VS.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to snort, [MBh. vi, 774] (ed. Bomb.), [Suśr.]; to fill with noise, [MBh. vii, 321]; [Hariv. 13279.]
ava-sthita mfn. standing near (sometimes with acc., e.g. [Hariv. 14728]; [R. v, 73, 26]), placed, having its place or abode, [ĀśvŚr.]; [MaitrUp.]; [MBh.], &c., (with a pr. p.) continuing to do anything, [R. iii, 30, 19]
engaged in, prosecuting, following, practising (with loc. [[MBh.] si, 1228 [Mn.] &c.] or in comp. [[Bhag. iv, 23]; [Hit.]])
obeying or following (the words or commands of; loc.), [BhP.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]
giving one's self up to (e.g. to compassion or pride), [MBh. xii, 272]; [R. v, 58, 13]
contained in (loc.), [Mn. xii, 119]; [Bhag. ix, 4] and [xv, 11] : being incumbent upon (loc.), [Kum. ii, 28], ready for (dat.), [Pañcat.], firm, fixed, determined, [KaṭhUp.]; [R.] &c.
steady, trusty, to be relied on [Mn. vii, 60], &c. (cf. an-av°.)
ava-√ skand (ind.p. -skandya) to jump down from (abl.), [BhP.]; to approach hastening from (abl.), [ṢaḍvBr.]; to storm, assault (as a city &c.), [R.]; [Mālav.] &c.