1 Sending for, inviting, calling.

2 Invoking a deity (to be present) (opp. visarjana); āvāhane viniyogaḥ, āvāhanaṃ na jānāmi na jānāmi tavārcanaṃ Pūjā Mantra.

3 Offering oblations to fire; Y. 1. 251. nī A particular position of the hands at the time of invoking a deity; hastābhyāmaṃjaliṃ baddhvā'nāmikāmūlaparvaṇoḥ. aṃ- guṣṭhau nikṣipetseyaṃ mudrā tvāvāhanī smṛtā.. Śa- bdak.