avata अवत avatá m. a well, cistern, [RV.] (cf. avatká.) avatá See above s.v. avaṭá. avatan अवतन् ava-√ tan -tanoti (ind.p. -tatya) to stretch or extend downwards, [Kauś.]; to overspread, cover, [VarBṛS.], (Imper. 2. sg. P. -tanu [[AV. vii, 90, 3]] or -tanuhi [four times in [RV.]; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 106] Comm.] Ā. -tanuṣva, [RV. ii, 33, 14]) to loosen, undo (especially a bowstring), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] avatap अवतप् ava-√ tap tapati, to radiate heat (or light) downwards, [AV. xii, 4, 39] : Caus. (ind.p. -tāpya) to heat or illuminate from above, [MBh. v, 7162.] avataḍ अवतड् ava-√ taḍ Caus. -tāḍayati, to strike downwards, [Nir. iii, 11.] avatara अवतर ava-tara m. descent, entrance, [Śiś. i, 43] opportunity, [Naiṣ.] avatata अवतत áva-tata mfn. extended downwards, [AV. ii, 7, 3]; [Hariv.] overspread, canopied, covered, [MBh.] &c. avatati अवतति ava-tati f. stretching, extending, [L.] avataṃsa अवतंस ava-taṃsa m. n. (ifc. f(A). ), (√ taṃs), a garland, ring-shaped ornament, ear ornament, ear-ring, crest, [R.] &c. avatapta अवतप्त ava-tapta mfn. heated, [L.] avataram अवतरम् ava—tarám ind. (compar.) farther away, [RV. i, 129, 6.] ava-tarám See 2. áva. avatarda अवतर्द ava-tarda m. splitting, perforation, [KauṣĀr.] avatamasa अवतमस ava-tamasa n. ([Pāṇ. v, 4, 79]) slight darkness, obscurity, [Śiś. xi, 57.] avataraṇa अवतरण ava-taraṇa n. descending, alighting, [R.]; [Śak.] ‘rushing away, sudden disappearance’, or for ava-tāraṇa See bhārāvat° (cf. stanyāvataraṇa) translating, [L.] avataṃsīkṛ अवतंसीकृ avataṃsī-√ kṛ to employ as a garland, [Kād.] avataṃsaka अवतंसक ava-taṃsaka m. n. (ifc. f A), id., [R.] &c. N. of a Buddhist text. avataṃsana अवतंसन ava-taṃsana n. a garland, [L.] pushing on a carriage, [Car.] avataṃsita अवतंसित ava-taṃsita mfn. having a garland, [L.] (cf. śūlāvat°.) avatakṣaṇa अवतक्षण ava-takṣaṇa n. (√ takṣ), anything cut in pieces (as chopped straw), [Kauś.] avatarpaṇa अवतर्पण ava-tarpaṇa n. (√ tṛp), a soothing remedy, [Suśr.] a soothing remedy, palliative, [Suśr.] avataraṇikā अवतरणिका ava-taraṇikā f. the introductory words of a work (e.g. gaṇeśāya namaḥ), [Sāh.] avataritavya अवतरितव्य ava-taritavya n. impers. to be alighted, [Mṛcch.] avatatadhanvan अवततधन्वन् áva-tata—dhanvan (ávatata) mfn. whose bow is unbent, [VS. iii, 61.] avataraṇamaṅgala अवतरणमङ्गल ava-taraṇa—maṅgala n. ‘auspicious act performed at the appearance (of a guest)’, solemn reception. avataptenakulasthita अवतप्तेनकुलस्थित avatapte-nakula-sthita n. an ichneumon's standing on hot ground (metaphorically said of a person's inconstancy), [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 47], Sch.