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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avalamb (अवलम्ब्).—1 A.

1) (a) To hang, slip or glide down, hang down, be suspended; कनकशृङ्खलावलम्बिनी (kanakaśṛṅkhalāvalambinī) Mu.2 suspended by a golden chain; स्तनवदवलम्बते यः कण्ठेऽ- जानां मणिः स विज्ञेयः (stanavadavalambate yaḥ kaṇṭhe'- jānāṃ maṇiḥ sa vijñeyaḥ) Bṛ.S.65.3; शाखायां मृतकमवलम्बितमास्ते (śākhāyāṃ mṛtakamavalambitamāste) Vet. (b) To rest, recline, sink down, remain; यस्य वचनात्तत्रावलम्बिताः (yasya vacanāttatrāvalambitāḥ) H.1.

2) To catch hold of, hold, cling to, throw or support onself on, lean on, rest on; ययौ तदीयामवलम्ब्य चाङ्गुलिम् (yayau tadīyāmavalambya cāṅgulim) R.3.25; उर्वशी राजानमवलम्बते (urvaśī rājānamavalambate) V.1; दण्डकाष्ठमवलम्ब्य स्थितः (daṇḍakāṣṭhamavalambya sthitaḥ) Ś.2; चित्रलेखाहस्तावलम्बिता (citralekhāhastāvalambitā) V.1 leaning on, supported by; K.17.185.

3) To hold up, bear up, support, sustain, take up; अवलम्ब्यतां पुत्रः (avalambyatāṃ putraḥ) Ś.7; हस्तेनावलम्ब्योर्वशीम् (hastenāvalambyorvaśīm) V.3; हृदयमवललम्बे रात्रिसंभोगलक्ष्मीः (hṛdayamavalalambe rātrisaṃbhogalakṣmīḥ) Kirātārjunīya 9.78; अधिकारानवलम्ब्य (adhikārānavalambya) Kumārasambhava 2.18; हृदयं न त्ववलम्बितुं क्षमाः (hṛdayaṃ na tvavalambituṃ kṣamāḥ) R.8.6; नात्मनैवावलम्बे (nātmanaivāvalambe) Meghadūta 111; हस्तेन तस्थाववलम्ब्य वासः (hastena tasthāvavalambya vāsaḥ) R.7.9; Kumārasambhava 3.55,6;68;7.58; तदर्हस्याजीवितमवलम्बितुम् (tadarhasyājīvitamavalambitum) Ś.3; Daśakumāracarita 162; Ve.4; M.3; V.2; Mu.5; K.163.

4) To depend on or upon, hang or hinge on; सर्वोऽयं जनस्त्वामवलम्बते (sarvo'yaṃ janastvāmavalambate) Bhaṭṭikāvya 18.41; व्यवहारोऽयं चारुदत्तमवलम्बते, वसन्तसेनामातरमवलम्बते (vyavahāro'yaṃ cārudattamavalambate, vasantasenāmātaramavalambate) Mṛcchakaṭika 9; Bhāṣa P.167.

5) To have recourse to, resort to; नैराश्यमवलम्बितम् (nairāśyamavalambitam) H.1; व्यथाम् (vyathām) Bk. 7.71; वैक्लव्यम् (vaiklavyam) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 8 to give way to despair; घैर्यमवलम्ब (ghairyamavalamba) to summon or pluck up courage, not to despair; माध्यस्थ्यमिष्टेऽप्यवलम्बतेऽर्थे (mādhyasthyamiṣṭe'pyavalambate'rthe) Kumārasambhava 1.52; दाक्षिण्यमवलम्ब्य (dākṣiṇyamavalambya) M.2 politely; K.155; Kirātārjunīya 2.15; K.22; आशाम् (āśām) to cherish hopes; किं स्वातन्त्र्यमवलम्बसे (kiṃ svātantryamavalambase) Ś.5 act wantonly, quite independently; अवलम्ब्योत्तरां दिशम् (avalambyottarāṃ diśam) Kathāsaritsāgara 37.33 taking the northern direction.

6) To be slow or tardy, be late. -Caus.

1) To cause to hang down, suspend; तं कलशं नाग- दन्तेऽवलम्ब्य (taṃ kalaśaṃ nāga- dante'valambya) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.

2) To make one rest upon or catch hold of.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avalamb (अवलम्ब्).—hang down, descend, sink, sit down; hang, lean, rest, depend or rely upon, belong to ([accusative], [rarely] [locative] or [instrumental]); take hold of, seize, uphold, maintain; take to, affect, pursue ([accusative]); linger, tarry. [Causative] hang or let down, suspend on ([locative]); seize, take hold of, support, uphold; load upon, impose.

Avalamb is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and lamb (लम्ब्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avalamb (अवलम्ब्):—[=ava-√lamb] -lambate ([indeclinable participle] -lambya, exceptionally [Parasmaipada] e.g. [Potential] -lambet, [Mahābhārata i, 8443 [edition] [Bombay edition]]) to hang down, glide or slip down, descend, [Taittirīya-upaniṣad] etc.;

— ([present participle] [Parasmaipada] -lambat) to set (as the sun), [Mahābhārata iv, 1040];

—to catch hold of. cling to, hang to, hold on or support one’s self by, rest upon as a support, depend upon (generally [accusative]; but also [locative case] [Mahābhārata i, 8443] or [instrumental case] [Meghadūta 108]),

—to hold up anything (to prevent its falling down), [Śakuntalā; Raghuvaṃśa vii, 9, etc.];

—to enter a state or condition (as māyām, mānuṣyatvam, dhairyam, etc.);

—to devote one’s self to ([accusative]), [Kumāra-sambhava ii, 15];—‘to incline towards’, choose as a direction, [Kathāsaritsāgara] :—[Causal] ([indeclinable participle] -lambya) to hang up, [Pañcatantra; Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to grasp (for support), [Mālavikāgnimitra]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Avalamb (अवलम्ब्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avalaṃba, Oṇalla.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Avalamb in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) support, stay; dependence; prop; ~[bana] dependence; support; hence ~[bi] (a)..—avalamb (अवलंब) is alternatively transliterated as Avalaṃba.

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Partial matches: Lamb, Ava.

Starts with (+5): Avalamba, Avalambaga, Avalambaka, Avalambakakapha, Avalambamana, Avalambana, Avalambanata, Avalambanaya, Avalambane, Avalambanem, Avalambaniya, Avalambati, Avalambika, Avalambin, Avalambini, Avalambisu, Avalambit, Avalambita, Avalambitavya, Avalambitva.

Full-text: Avalamba, Avalambin, Avalambana, Olamba, Avaramb, Avalambitavya, Samavalamb, Onalla, Ajjholambati, Avalambaka, Dhairya, Olambati, Avalambita, Ava, Sahasa.

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