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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.]
avasadअवसद्ava-√ 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.]
avasabhaअवसभáva-sabha only in mf(A)n., excluded from a (husband's) company [[Sāy.]], fallen into wrong (i.e. into men's) company [[NBD.]], [ŚBr. 3, 1, 1, 21.]
avasathaअवसथm. (for ā-vasatha, q.v.) habitation, [Hcat.]
a village, [L.]
a college, school, [L.]
n. a house, dwelling, [L.]
avasañjअवसञ्ज्ava-√ 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.]
avasaraअवसरava-sara See ava-√ sṛ.
ava-sara m. ‘descent (of water)’, rain, [L.]
occasion, moment, favourable opportunity, [Śak.] &c.
seasonableness, appropriate place for anything (gen.), [Kathās.]
any one's (gen.) turn, [Pañcat.]
leisure, advantageous situation, [L.]
(= mantra) consultation in private (?), [L.]
a year, [L.]
avasareअवसरेava-sare ind. at the right moment, [Kathās.]
avasaviअवसविava-savi ind. to the left, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
avasathinअवसथिन्mfn. having a habitation, [Hcat.]
avasathyaअवसथ्यmfn. (for āvas°, q.v.) belonging to a house, domestic, [L.]
m. a college, school, [L.]
avasaktaअवसक्तava-sakta mfn. suspended from, attached to (as to the shoulder or to the branch of a tree &c.), bound round, [MBh.] &c.
being in contact with, [Pañcat.]
belonging to, [BhP.]
(in Pass. sense) hung with (as with wreaths), [Hariv. 10049]; charged with (a business), [R. iv, 42, 8.]
avasannaअवसन्नava-sanna mfn. sunk down, pressed down (as by a burden, [BhP.]; [R. ii, 52, 22])
sunken (as eyes), [Suśr.]
(opposed to ut-sanna) deep (as a wound), [Suśr.]
languid, dispirited, distressed, unhappy, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh. iv, 198], &c.
ended, terminated, [Hit.]
(as the eyesight; said of a blind person), [Ragh. ix, 77]
(in law) beaten in a cause.
avasargaअवसर्गava-sarga See ava-√ sṛj.
ava-sarga m. (g. nyaṅkv-ādi, q.v.) letting loose, letting go (an- neg.), [Jaim.]
relaxation, laxity, [L.]
following one's own inclinations, independence, [L.]
avasarpaअवसर्पava-sarpa &c. See ava-√ sṛp.
ava-sarpa m. ‘one who approaches unawares’, a spy, [L.] (cf. apa-sarpa.)
avasavyaअवसव्यava-savya mfn. not left, right, [L.]
avasalaviअवसलविava-salavi ind. = apa-s°, q.v., [Gobh.]
avasaṃḍīnaअवसंडीनava-saṃ-ḍīna n. (√ ḍī), the united downward flight of birds, [MBh. iii, 1901] (v.l.)
avasañjanaअवसञ्जनava-sañjana n. (= nivīta, q.v.) the Brahmanical thread hanging over the shoulder Comm. on [KātyŚr.]
avasakthikāअवसक्थिकाava-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.]
avasarjanaअवसर्जनava-sárjana See [ib.]
ava-sárjana n. liberation, [VS. xii, 64.]
avasarjitaअवसर्जितava-sarjita mfn. (= visṛṣṭavat Comm.) who has abandoned, [R. vii, 56, 23.]
avasarpaṇaअवसर्पणava-sarpaṇa n. ‘descent’, the place from which Manu descended after he had left his ark, [ŚBr. i]
([ŚBr.]).
going down to, [MārkP.] (cf. rathyāvas°.)
avasarpiṇīअवसर्पिणीava-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.]
avasarpitaअवसर्पितava-sarpita mfn. See s.v. ava-√ sṛp.
avasarakāleअवसरकालेava-sara—kāle or ava-sara—velāyām [[Pañcat.]], loc. ind. on a favourable opportunity.
avasaṃcakṣyaअवसंचक्ष्यava-saṃ-cakṣya mfn. to be shunned or avoided, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 54]; [Pat.]
avasarapāṭhakaअवसरपाठकava-sara—pāṭhaka m. a bard, panegyrist, [Nalac.]
avasaravelāyāmअवसरवेलायाम्ava-sara—kāle or ava-sara—velāyām [[Pañcat.]], loc. ind. on a favourable opportunity.