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.]