kim : kím ind. (fr. 1. ki, originally nom. and acc. sg. n. of 2. ká, q.v.), what? how? whence? wherefore? why?

kim : is much used as a particle of interrogation like the Lat. num, an, sometimes translatable by ‘whether?’ but oftener serving only like a note of interrogation to mark a question (e.g. kiṃ vyādhā vane 'smin saṃcaranti, ‘do hunters roam about in this wood?’ In an interrogation the verb, if uncompounded with a preposition, generally retains its accent after , [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 44]). To this sense may be referred the expressing inferiority, deficiency, &c. at the beginning of compounds (e.g. kiṃ-rājan, what sort of king? i.e. a bad king, [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 64]; [v, 4, 70])

kim : also the prefixed to verbs with a similar meaning (e.g. kim-adhīte, he reads badly, [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 44],[Kāś.]) —uta, or —uta-vā or —athavā—uta, whether—or—or, [R.]; [Śak.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c. (cf. utá.)

kim : is very frequently connected with other particles, as follows: kím aṅgá, wherefore then? [RV.]

kim : atha kim. See átha

kim : kim api, somewhat, to a considerable extent, rather, much more, still further, [Śak.]; [Megh.] &c.

kim : kim iti, why? [Śak.]; [Kum.]; [Pañcat.] &c.

kim : kim-iva, what for? [Śiś. xvi, 31]

kim : kím-u or kím-utá how much more? how much less? [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.

kim : kiṃ kila, what a pity! (expressing dissatisfaction), [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 146]

kim : kiṃ-ca, moreover, further, [Pañcat.]; [Kathās.] &c.

kim : what more (expressing impatience), [Śak.]

kim : kiṃ-cana (originally -ca na, negative = ‘in no way’), to a certain degree, a little, [Kathās.]

kim : (with a negation) in no way, not at all, [MBh. i, 6132]

kim : kiṃ-cid, somewhat, a little, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

kim : kiṃ tarhi, how then? but, however, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 4], [Pat.]; [iv, 1, 163], [Kāś.]

kim : kiṃ-tu, but, however, nevertheless (bearing the same relation to tu that kiṃ-ca bears to ca), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

kim : kiṃ-nu, whether indeed? (a stronger interrogative than alone), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

kim : how much more? how much less? [Bhag. i, 35]

kim : kiṃ nu khalu, how possibly? (a still stronger interrogative), [Śak.]

kim : kim punar, how much more? how much less? [R.]; [Bhag. ix, 33] &c.

kim : however, [Bālar.]

kim : but, [ib.]

kim : kiṃ vā, whether? or whether? [Śak.]; [Pañcat.] &c.

kim : or (often a mere particle of interrogation)

kim : kíṃ svid, why? [Kathās. xxvi, 75]

kim : a stronger interrogative than alone, [RV.]; [MBh.]; [Kathās.]

kim : (in comp.)

ka : the first consonant of the alphabet, and the first guttural letter (corresponding in sound to k in keep or king).

ka : ká kas, kā, kim, interrog. pron. (see kim and kad, and cf. the following words in which the interrogative base appears, katama, katara, kati, katham, kadā, karhi, kā, &c.), who? which? what? In its declension follows the pronoun tad except in nom. acc. sing. neut., where kim has taken the place of kad or kat in classical Sanskṛt; but the old form kad is found in the Veda (see [Gram. 227]);

ka : [cf. Zd. ka, kô, kâ, kat; Gk. πόθεν, πῶς, (Ion. κόθεν, κῶς), τίς, τί; Lat. quis, quid; Lith. kas ká; Goth. hvas, hvô, hva, Angl.Sax. hwā, hwaet; Eng. who, what.]

ka : The interrogative sentence introduced by is often terminated by iti (e.g. kasya sa putra iti kathyatām, let it be said, ‘whose son is he?’), but iti may be omitted and the sentence lose its direct interrogative character (e.g. kasya sa putro na jñāyate, it is not known whose son he is). with or without √ 1. as may express ‘how is it possible that?’ ‘what power have I, you, they, &c.?’ (e.g. ke mama dhanvino'nye, what can the other archers do against me? ke āvām paritrātum, what power have we to rescue you?) is often connected with a demonstrative pron. (e.g. ko 'yam āyāti, who comes here?) or with the potential (e.g. ko hariṃ nindet, who will blame Hari?) is sometimes repeated (e.g. kaḥ ko 'tra, who is there? kān kān, whom? whom? i.e. which of them? cf. [Gram. 54]), and the repetition is often due to a kind of attraction (e.g. keṣāṃ kiṃ śāstram adhyayanīyam, which book is to be read by whom? [Gram. 836. a]). When kim is connected with the inst. c. of a noun or with the indeclinable participle it may express ‘what is gained by doing so, &c.?’ (= ko'rthas); (e.g. kiṃ vilambena, what is gained by delay? kim bahunā, what is the use of more words? dhanena kiṃ yo na dadāti, what is the use of wealth to him who does not give? with inst. and gen., nīrujaḥ kim auṣadhaiḥ, what is the use of medicine to the healthy?)

ka : is often followed by the particles iva, u, nāma, nu, vā, svid, some of which serve merely to generalize the interrogation (e.g. kim iva etad, what can this be? ka u śravat, who can possibly hear? ko nāma jānāti, who indeed knows? ko nvayam, who, pray, is this? kiṃ nu kāryam, what is to be done? ko vā devād anyaḥ, who possibly other than a god? kasya svid hṛdayaṃ nāsti, of what person is there no heart?)

ka : is occasionally used alone as an indefinite pronoun, especially in negative sentences (e.g. na kasya ko vallabhaḥ, no one is a favourite of any one; nānyo jānāti kaḥ, no one else knows; kathaṃ sa ghātayati kam, how does he kill any one?) Generally, however, is only made indefinite when connected with the particles ca, caná, cid, vā, and ápi, in which case may sometimes be preceded by the relative ya (e.g. ye ke ca, any persons whatsoever; yasyai kasyai ca devatāyai, to any deity whatsoever; yāni kāni ca mitrāṇi, any friends whatsoever; yat kiṃca, whatever). The particle cana, being composed of ca and na, properly gives a negative force to the pronoun (e.g. yasmād indrād ṛte kiṃcana, without which Indra there is nothing), but the negative sense is generally dropped (e.g. kaścana, any one; na kaścana, no one), and a relative is sometimes connected with it (e.g. yat kiṃcana, anything whatsoever). Examples of cid with the interrogative are common; vā and api are not so common, but the latter is often found in classical Sanskṛt (e.g. kaścid, any one; kecid, some; na kaścid, no one; na kiṃcid api, nothing whatsoever; yaḥ kaścid, any one whatsoever; kecit — kecit, some — others; yasmin kasmin vā deśe, in any country whatsoever; na ko 'pi, no one; na kimapi, nothing whatever). may sometimes be used, like 2. kad, at the beginning of a compound. See ka-pūya, &c.

ka : ká as, m. (according to native authorities) N. of Prajāpati or of a Prajāpati, [VS. xx, 4]; [xxii, 20]; [TS. i]; [ŚBr.] &c.

ka : of Brahman, [MBh. i, 32]; [BhP. iii, 12, 51]; [xii, 13, 19]; [20]

ka : of Dakṣa, [BhP. ix, 10, 10]

ka : of Viṣṇu, [L.]

ka : of Yama, [L.]

ka : of Garuḍa

ka : the soul, [Tattvas.]

ka : a particular comet, [VarBṛS.]

ka : the sun, [L.]

ka : fire, [L.]

ka : splendour, light, [L.]

ka : air, [L.]

ka : a peacock, [L.]

ka : the body, [L.]

ka : time, [L.]

ka : wealth, [L.]

ka : sound, [L.]

ka : a king, [L.]

ka : = kāma-granthi (?)

ka : ká (am), n. happiness, joy, pleasure, [ChUp. iv, 10, 5]; [Nir.] &c.

ka : water, [MaitrS. i, 10, 10]; [ŚBr. x]; [Yājñ.] &c.

ka : the head

ka : hair, a head of hair, [L.]

ka : ká n. (also regarded as ind.; cf. 1. kam.)

ka : a Taddhita affix (much used in forming adjectives; it may also be added to nouns to express diminution, deterioration, or similarity, e.g. putraka, a little son; aśvaka, a bad horse or like a horse).

idam : idám ayám, iyám, idám (fr. id, [Uṇ. iv, 156]; g. sarvādi, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 27]; [Vop.]; a kind of neut. of the pronom. base 3. i with am [cf. Lat. is, ea, id, and idem]; the regular forms are partly derived from the pronom. base a; see [Gr. 224]; the Veda exhibits various irregular formations, e.g. fr. pronom. base a, an inst. enā́, ayā́ [used in general adverbially], and gen. loc. du. ayós, and perhaps also avós, in [RV. vi, 67, 11]; [vii, 67, 4]; [x, 132, 5] [[BRD.]]; fr. the base ima, a gen. sing. imásya, only, [RV.]; the [RV.] has in a few instances the irregular accentuation ásmai, [v, 39, 5], &c.; ásya, [iv, 15, 5], &c.; ā́bhis, [vi, 25, 2], &c. : the forms derived fr. a are used enclitically if they take the place of the third personal pronoun, do not stand at the beginning of a verse or period, and have no peculiar stress laid upon them), this, this here, referring to something near the speaker

idam : known, present

idam : (opposed to adas, e.g. ayaṃ lokaḥ or idaṃ viśvam or idaṃ sarvam, this earthly world, this universe; ayam agniḥ, this fire which burns on the earth; but asāv agniḥ, that fire in the sky, i.e. the lightning: so also or iyam alone sometimes signifies ‘this earth’; ime smaḥ, here we are.) often refers to something immediately following, whereas etad points to what precedes (e.g. śrutvaitad idam ūcuḥ, having heard that they said this). occurs connected with yad, tad, etad, kim, and a personal pronoun, partly to point out anything more distinctly and emphatically, partly pleonastically (e.g. tad idaṃ vākyam, this speech here following ; so 'yaṃ vidūṣakaḥ, this Vidūṣaka here).

idam : idám ind. [Ved. and in a few instances in classical Sanskṛt] here, to this place

idam : now, even, just

idam : there

idam : with these words, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [ChUp.]

idam : in this manner, [R. ii, 53, 31]; [Śak.] (v.l. for iti in kim iti joṣam āsyate, [202, 8]).

ayam : ayám this one. See idám.

vām : (encl.) acc. dat. gen. du. of 2nd pers. pron. (cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 20]; [24] &c.), [RV.] &c. &c. (the accented vā́m in [RV. vi, 55, 1] is thought to be = āvām nom. du. of 1st pers. pron.)

purāṇavat : purāṇa—vát ind. as of old, [RV.]

śaṃs : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 79]) śáṃsati (mc. also Ā.; pf. śaśaṃsa, °se, [Br.] &c.; śaṃsuḥ, °sire, [MBh.]; p. śaṃsivas, q.v.; aor. aśaṃsīt, [RV.] &c., &c.: Subj. śaṃsiṣat, [RV.]; [Br.]; 2. pl. śasta, [RV.]; śastāt, [AitBr.]; 1. sg. śaṃsi, [RV.]; Prec. śasyāt. Gr.; fut. śaṃsitā, [ib.]; śaṃsiṣyati, [Br.] &c.; inf. śaṃsitum, [MBh.]; -śase, [RV.]; ind. p. śastvā́, -śasya, -śaṃsam, [Br.] &c.; -śaṃsya, [MBh.]), to recite, repeat (esp. applied to the recitation of texts in the invocations addressed by the Hotṛ to the Adhvaryu, when is written śoṃs and the formulas śoṃsāmas, śoṃsāvas, śoṃsāva are used; see 2. ā-hāva), [RV.]; [Br.] [ŚrS.]; to praise, extol, [RV.] &c. &c.; to praise, commend, approve, [VarBṛS.]; to vow, make a vow (?), [RV. x, 85, 9]; to wish anything (acc.) to (dat.), [ib.] [124, 3] to relate, say, tell, report, declare, announce to (gen. or dat.; ‘who or where anybody is’ acc.; also with two acc. ‘to declare anybody or anything to be-’), [AV.] &c. &c.; to foretell, predict, prognosticate, [R.]; [Kum.] &c.; to calumniate, revile, [W.]; to hurt, injure, [Dhātup.]; to be unhappy, [ib.] : Pass. śasyáte, to be recited or uttered or praised or approved, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. śaṃsayati (aor. aśaśaṃsat), to cause to repeat or recite, [AitBr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [BhP.]; to predict, foretell, [R.] : Desid. śiśaṃsiṣati Gr.: Intens. śāśasyate, śāśaṃsti, [ib.]

śaṃs : [cf. Lat. carmen for casmen; Casmēna Camēna; censeo.]

anti : ánti ind. before, in the presence of near, [RV.]; [AV.]

anti : (with gen.) within the proximity of, to

anti : [cf. Lat. ante; Gk. ἀντί].

anti : f. an elder sister (in theatrical language), [L.] for 1. ánti See col. 2.

sat : sát mf(satI/)n. (pr. p. of √ 1. as) being, existing, occurring, happening, being present (sato me, ‘when I was present’; often connected with other participles or with an adverb, e.g. nāmni kṛte sati, ‘when the name has been given’; tathā sati, ‘if it be so’; also ibc., where sometimes = ‘possessed of’, cf. sat-kalpavṛkṣa), [RV.] &c. &c.

sat : abiding in (loc.), [MBh.]

sat : belonging to (gen.), [ŚBr.]

sat : living, [MuṇḍUp.]

sat : lasting, enduring, [Kāv.]; [RV.] &c. &c.

sat : real, actual, as any one or anything ought to be, true, good, right (tan na sat, ‘that is not right’), beautiful, wise, venerable, honest (often in comp. See below), [RV.] &c. &c.

sat : sát m. a being, (pl.) beings, creatures, [RV.] &c.

sat : a good or wise man, a sage, [MBh.]; [R.]

sat : good or honest or wise or respectable people, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

sat : n. that which really is, entity or existence, essence, the true being or really existent (in the Vedānta, ‘the self-existent or Universal Spirit, Brahma’), [RV.] &c. &c.

sat : that which is good or real or true, good, advantage, reality, truth, [ib.]

sat : water, [Naigh. i, 12]

sat : (in gram.) the terminations of the present participle, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 127] &c.

sat : sát ind. (cf. sat-√ kṛ &c.) well, right, fitly.

sat : [cf. Gk. ὥν, ἐών for ἐσων; Lat. sens in ab-sens, præ-sens; sons, ‘guilty’, orig. ‘the real doer’; Lith. są̄s, ė́sąs; Slav. sy, sąšta.]

as : cl. 2. P. ásti (2. sg. ási, 1. sg. ásmi; pl. smási or smás, sthá, sánti; (rarely Ā., e.g. 1. pl. smahe, [MBh. xiii, 13]); Subj. ásat; Imper. astu, 2. sg. edhi (fr. as-dhi cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]); Pot. syā́t; impf. ā́sīt, rarely ās [only in [RV. x]; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 97]] ; perf. 1. and 3. sg., ā́sa, 2. sg. ā́sitha, 3. pl. āsúḥ; p. m. sát f. satī́) to be, live, exist, be present; to take place, happen; to abide, dwell, stay; to belong to (gen. or dat.); to fall to the share of, happen to any one (gen.); to be equal to (dat.), [ŚBr. xiv]; [Mn. xi, 85]; to turn out, tend towards any result, prove (with dat.); to become, [BṛĀrUp.] &c., (cf. [Pāṇ. v, 4, 51]-[55]); to be (i.e. used as copula, but not only with adj., but also with adv. [e.g. tūṣṇīm āsīt, [MBh. iii, 4041]], and often with part., [e.g. perf. Pass. p. prasthitāḥ sma, [N.]; fut. p.p. hantavyo 'smi, [N.]; fut. p. especially with Pot., and only in [ŚBr.], as yádi dāsyán-t-syā́t, ‘if he should intend to give’]; the pf. āsa helps to form the periphrastic perf., and asmi &c. the fut.);

as : [cf. Gk. ἐσ-τί; Lat. es-t; Goth. is-t; Lith. es-ti.]

as : cl. 4. P. ásyati (p. ásyat; impf. ā́syat, [AV.] [cf. parās and vy-as]; fut. p. asiṣyát; aor. āsthat [[Nir. ii, 2]; [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 17]; cf. vy-as]; perf. P. āsa [cf. parās] Ā. āse [cf. vy-as]; Ved. Inf. ástave, [VS.]) to throw, cast, shoot at (loc. dat., or gen.), [RV.] &c.; to drive or frighten away, [Nalod. iv, 36]; See also 1. astá s.v.

as : asati, °te = √ aṣ, q.v.

bhū : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. i, 1]) bhávati (rarely Ā. °te; pf. babhū́va, 2. pers. °ū́tha or °ūvitha cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 64]; babhūyās, °yā́r, babhūtu, [RV.]; Ā. babhūve or bubhūve, [Vop.]; cf. below; aor. ábhūt, °ūvan; Impv. bodhí [cf. √ budh], bhūtu, [RV.]; aor. or impf. ábhuvat, bhúvat, bhuvāni, [ib.]; Prec. bhūyāsam, 2. 3. sg. °yās, [ib.] ; bhūyāt, [AV.]; bhūyiṣṭhās, [BhP.]; bhaviṣāt [?] [AitBr.]; abhaviṣṭa, bhaviṣīṣta. Gr.; fut. bhaviṣyáti, ep. also °te and 2. pl. °ṣyadhvam; bhavitā, [Br.] &c.; inf. bhuvé, -bhvé, bhūṣáṇi, [RV.]; bhavitum, °tos, [Br.]; ind.p. bhūtvā́; bhūtvī́, [RV.]; -bhū́ya, [RV.] &c.; -bhū́yam, -bhávam, [Br.]), to become, be (with nom., or adv. or indeclinable words ending in ī or ū cf. kṛṣṇī-√ bhū &c.), arise, come into being, exist, be found, live, stay, abide, happen, occur, [RV.] &c. &c. (often used with participles and other verbal nouns to make periphrastical verbal forms; with a fut. p. = to be going or about to, e.g. anuvakṣyan bhavati, he is going to recite, [ŚBr.]; the fut. of √ with a pf. p. = a fut. pf., e.g. kṛtavān bhaviṣyasi, you will have done, [MBh.]; the pf. P. babhūva after the syllable ām is put for the pf. of verbs of the 10th class &c. [cf. √ as and √ kṛ]; the Ā. appears in this meaning, [Śiś. ix, 84]; [Kum. xiv, 46]; observe also bhavati with a fut. tense, it is possible that, e.g. bhavati bhavān yājayiṣyati, it is possible that you will cause a sacrifice to be performed, [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 146], Sch.; bhavet, may be, granted, admitted, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 114]; bhavatu id., well, good, enough of this, [Kāv.]; [Hit.]; iticed bhavet, if this question should be asked, [Mn. x, 66]; kva tad bhavati, what is to become of this, it is quite useless, [TBr.]; with na = to cease to exist, perish, die, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; with iha na, not to be born on earth, [MBh.]; with śata-dhā, to fall into a hundred pieces, [MBh.]; with dūrataḥ, to keep aloof, [ŚārṅgP.]; with manasi or cetasi and gen., to occur to the mind of any one, [Kād.]; id. with gen. alone, [Lalit.]); to fall to the share or become the property of, belong to (cf. ‘esse alicujus’; with gen., rarely dat. or loc. accord. to [Vop.] also with pari or prati and preceding acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to be on the side of, assist (with gen. or -tas), [MBh. 1301] (cf. [Pāṇ. v, 4, 48], Sch.); to serve for, tend or conduce to (with dat. of thing), [RV.] &c. &c. (with phalāya. to bear fruit, [Kām.]); to be occupied with or engaged in, devote one's self to (with loc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; to thrive or prosper in (instr.), turn out well, succeed, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; to be of consequence or useful, [Mn. iii, 181]; (also Ā. [Dhātup. xxxiv, 37]) to fall, or get into, attain to, obtain, [Br.]; [MBh.]; (with idám) to obtain it i.e. be successful or fortunate, [TS.] : Pass. bhūyate (or °ti, [Up.]; aor. abhāvi) sometimes used impers., e.g. yair bhaviṣyate, by whom it will be existed i.e. who will be, [Rājat.] : Caus. bhāvayati (rarely °te; aor. abībhavat Gr.; inf. bhāvitum, [R.]; Pass. bhāvyate &c., [MBh.]), to cause to be or become, call into existence or life, originate, produce, cause, create, [Pur.]; [Sāh.]; to cherish, foster, animate, enliven, refresh, encourage, promote, further, [AitUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to addict or devote one's self to, practise (acc.), [MBh.]; [HYog.]; to subdue, control, [R.]; (also Ā. [Dhātup. xxxiv, 37]) to obtain, [Jaim.], Sch.; to manifest, exhibit, show, betray, [MBh.]; [Kām.]; [Daś.]; to purify, [BhP.]; to present to the mind, think about, consider, know, recognize as or take for (two acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to mingle, mix, saturate, soak, perfume, [Kauś.]; [Suśr.] (cf. bhāvita, p. 755, col. 1) : Desid. of Caus. bibhāvayiṣati ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 80], Sch.), to wish to cause to be &c., [Br.] : Desid. búbhūṣati (°te), to wish or strive to become or be, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with kṣipram), to strive to be quickly possessed, [MBh.]; to want to get on, strive to prosper or succeed, [TS.]; [Br.]; [MBh.]; to want to have, care for, strive after, esteem, honour, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; to want to take revenge, [BhP.] : Intens. bóbhavīti, bobhavati, bobhoti, bobhūyate, to be frequently, to be in the habit of [BhP.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to be transformed into (acc.), [RV.]; [AV.]; (with tiraḥ), to keep anything (instr.) secret, [ŚBr.]

bhū : [cf. Zd. bū; Gk. ϕύω, ἔϕυν; Lat. fuit, fuat &c.; Slav. byti; Lith. búti; Germ. bim, bin; Angl.Sax. beó; Eng. be.]

bhū : bhū́ mfn. becoming, being, existing, springing, arising (ifc.; cf. akṣi-, giri-, citta-, padmabhū &c.)

bhū : bhū́ m. N. of Viṣṇu, [MBh. xii, 1509] ([Nīlak.])

bhū : of an Ekāha, [ŚrS.]

bhū : bhū́ f. the act of becoming or arising, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 31]

bhū : the place of being, space, world or universe (also pl.), [RV.]; [AV.]

bhū : the earth (as constituting one of the 3 worlds, and therefore a symbolical N. for the number ‘one’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

bhū : one of the three Vyāhṛtis (see bhúvas, bhūr, pp. 760 and 763)

bhū : earth (as a substance), ground, soil, land, landed property, [ib.]

bhū : floor, pavement, [Megh.]

bhū : a place, spot, piece of ground, [RV.] &c. &c.

bhū : the base of any geometrical figure, [Āryabh.]

bhū : object, matter (see vivādasaṃvāda-bhū)

bhū : a term for the letter l, [RāmatUp.]

bhū : a sacrificial fire, [L.]

bhū : (also) a partic. land-measure, [Inscr.]

vām : (encl.) acc. dat. gen. du. of 2nd pers. pron. (cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 20]; [24] &c.), [RV.] &c. &c. (the accented vā́m in [RV. vi, 55, 1] is thought to be = āvām nom. du. of 1st pers. pron.)

avas : ávas n. (√ av), favour, furtherance, protection, assistance, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]

avas : refreshing, [RV.]

avas : enjoyment, pleasure, [RV.]

avas : wish, desire (as of men for the gods &c., [RV.], or of the waters for the sea, [RV. viii, 16, 2]) (cf. -sv-ávas.)

avas : avás ind. (once, before m, avár, [RV. i, 133, 6]; cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 70]) (fr. áva) downwards, [RV.]

avas : (as a prep.) down from (abl. or instr.), [RV.]

avas : below (with instr.), [RV. i, 164, 17] and [18]; [x, 67, 4.]