Sanskrit Word List

Necessity, inevi- tability.

ind. [ava-śyai-ḍamu Tv.] 1 Necessarily, inevitably; tvāmapyasraṃ nava- jalamayaṃ mocayiṣyaṃtyavaśyaṃ Me. 93.

2 Certainly, at all events, by all means, surely, of course; avaśyaṃ...

[avaśya-aṇ] Necessity, inevitable act or conclusion.

a. Destined to take place, inevitable; ºādeśaḥ M. 5; ava- śyaṃbhāvi lakṣaṇam H. 3; avaśyaṃbhāvi- no bhāvā bhavaṃti mahatāmapi H. Pr. 28; Ś. 6.

Trickling, oozing.

Den. P. Ved. To seek favour or assistance.

[ava-śyai-ṇa P. III. 1. 141] 1 Frost, dew.

2 Hoar- frost, white dew avaśyāyāvasiktasya puṃḍarīkasya cārutāṃ U. 6. 29.

3 Pride.

a. [avaḥ rakṣaṇaṃ tadicchati kyac un] Ved. Desiring favour, help or protection.

f. Ved. Proximity.

a. [ava-aṭan] Produced in a hole. ṭaḥ 1 A hole, cavity.

2 A pit; avaṭe cāpi me rāma prakṣipemaṃ kale- varaṃ; avaṭe ye nidhīyaṃte Rām.

3 A well.

4 Any low or depressed part...

a. [na. ba.] 1 Windless, not shaken by wind.

2 Not breath- ing the air.

3 Not exposed to, or not dried up by, wind.

4 Unat- tacked, unconquered (Ved.).

10 P. To strike down- wards; vidyudavatāḍayati Nir.; to crush under, trample down upon.

1 Crushing, trampling or treading under; naisargikī surabhiṇaḥ kusumasya siddhā mūrdhni sthitirna caraṇairavatā- ḍanāni U. 1. 14.

2 Striking.

[ava-aṭac vede pṛº ṭasya taḥ] A well, cistern.

1 Anything cut in pieces.

2 Chopped straw.

[avatataṃ vyāptaṃ tamaḥ acsamā- saḥ P. V. 4. 79] 1 Slight or dim dark- ness; kṣīṇe'vatamasaṃ tamaḥ Ak.

2 Dark- ness (in general); avatamasabhidāyai bhāsva- tābhyudgatena Śi. 11....

[ava-taṃs-ghañ] 1 A garland.

2 An ear-ing, a ring-shap- ed ornament, an ear-ornament (fig. also); gaṇāṃ nameruprasavāvataṃsāḥ Ku. 1. 55; svavāhanakṣobhacalāvataṃsāḥ 7. 38;...

An ear-ornament, an ornament in general; aśokastabake- neva diṅmukhasyāvataṃsakaṃ V. 5. 3; prāsā- dādṛvitaṃsakā (laṃkā) Rām.

Den. P. To use as ear-rings, make ear-rings of; ava- taṃsayaṃti dayamānāḥ pramadāḥ śirīṣakusu- māni Ś. 1. 4; avataṃsayainaṃ M. 3.

a. Having a garland, crested; (fig.) decked, adorned.

8U. 1 To stretch or ex- tend downwards; ṛjvīrdadhānairavatatya kaṃdharāḥ Śi. 12. 18; viśālamūlāvatataḥ (nya- grodha) Hariv.

2 To overspread, cover; nabhasi meghāvatate Suśr.;...

1 Stretching.

2 The un- bending of a bow.

3 A down- ward face.

4 The spreading of a plant; latāśatairavatatāmavatānaśataistathā Rām.

5 A cover (in general); an awning.

1 P. To radiate heat or light downwards. Caus. 1 To irradiate, heat; athāvatāpya pṛthivīṃ pūṣā divasasaṃkṣaye jagāmāstaṃ Mb.

2 To illuminate.

a. (A place) where the sun strikes vertically down.

p. p. Heated, irradiat- [Page0180-b+ 56] ed; avataptenakulasthitaṃ an ichneumon's standing on hot ground (metaphori- cally said of the inconstancy of man) P. II. 1. 47;...

Descent; N. 3. 53; Śi. 1. 43.

[ava-tṝ karaṇe ghañ] 1 Descent, alighting; descending or going down into; (fig.) accept- ing, resorting to; pākhaṃḍipathāvatāraḥ Dk. 47; advent, setting in; vasaṃ- tāvatārasamaye...

a. ( rikā f.) 1 Making one's appearance.

2 Making a de- scent.

ind. Ved. Farther away, more distantly.

1 Descending for bathing in water &c., gaṃgāº, apsarastīrthaº; descending or alighting (in general), coming down; stanyaº.

2 An in- carnation; see avatāra.

3 Crossing.

4...

1 Causing to descend.

2 Translation.

3 Possession by an evil spirit.

4 Worship, adoration.

5 The ends or border of a garment.

6 Preface or introduction (to a work).

[avatarati graṃtho'nayā avatṝ- karaṇe-lyuṭ] 1 Preface.

2 Succession, order, method.

1 A short prayer at the beginning of a work which, it is supposed, causes the divinity so addressed to descend from heaven.

2 Introduction, preface.

a. Making one's ap- pearance, making a descent.

A soothing remedy.

ind. Below, in the lower world; Ki. 5. 27.

p. p. 1 Overspread, covered; latāśatairavatatā (nadī) Rām.; turaṃgaughaira- vatatā (bhūḥ) ibid.

2 Loosened, slacken- ed; ºdhanvan whose bow is unbent.

f. Stretching, extend ing; prāleyāvatatimlāna Ki. 11. 4 (snow-fall).

f. [av-aṭi] 1 A hole.

2 A well.

3 A sinus.

p. p. 1 Descended, alight- ed, come down; śailarājāvatīrṇāṃ ja- hnoḥ kanyāṃ Me. 50; jalanidhimanurūpaṃ jahnukanyāvatīrṇā R. 6. 85; saṃsārapatha- mavatīrṇānāṃ K. 175 who have...

a. [nāsikāyāḥ nataṃ avaṭīṭaṃ, ava-ṭīṭan nāsikāyāḥ saṃjñāyāṃ; nāsikāpyavaṭīṭā, puruṣopyavaṭīṭaḥ P. V. 2. 31 Sk.] Hav- ing a flat nose, flat-nosed.

[avapatitaṃ tokaṃ asyāḥ; prāº baº] A woman or a cow miscarrying from accident.

1 P. 1 To descend, alight, come down; rathādavatatāra ca R. 1. 54, 13. 68; vasan dadarśāvataraṃtamaṃbarāt Śi. 1. 1; yamunātaṭamavatīrṇaḥ Pt. 1; megha- padavīmavatīrṇau svaḥ Ś. 7;...

a. Terrified.

a. Not suitable for a calf.

See under avado.

a. [avattamanena iṣṭāº ini] [Page0181-c+ 60] One who divides or cuts off; paṃcaº dividing into five parts.

[ava-ṭīk mitaº ḍu] 1 A hole in the ground.

2 A well.

3 The back or nape of the neck.

4 The de- pressed part of the body.

5 A kind of tree. ṭuḥ f. The raised portion of...