[ava-bhṛ-kthan] Uṇ. 2. 3] 1 The end or completion of a prin- cipal sacrifice.

2 Bathing at the end of a principal sacrifice for puri- fication; nāvabhṛthaṃ sarasvatyāṃ Kāty.; bhuvaṃ koṣṇena kuṃḍodhnī medhyenāvabhṛthādapi R. 1. 84; prītyāśvamedhāvabhṛthārdramūrteḥ 6. 61; 9. 22; 11. 31; 13. 61; Y. 3. 244; Ms. 11. 83.

3 Purification by bath- ing of the sacrificer and the sacri- ficial vessels at the end of a sacri-...