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-√ 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-sakthikā f. (= paryaṅka, q.v.) sitting on the hams (or also ‘the cloth tied round the legs and knees of a person sitting on his hams’, [L.]), [Mn. iv, 112]; [Gaut.]
ava-sarpiṇī f. ‘going or gliding down gradually’, a descending period of a long duration and alternating with the ‘ascending one’ (ut-sarpiṇī, q.v.; both the ascending [ut-s°] and descending [ava-s°] cycle are divided into six stages each: good-good, good, good-bad, bad-good, bad, bad-bad), [Jain.]; [Āryabh.]