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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avaruh (अवरुह्).—1 P.

1) To descend, alight, go down to; कूपम् पन्थानम् (kūpam panthānam) &c.; come down (in general); to dismount, get down; यानासनस्थश्चैवैनमवरुह्याभिवादयेत् (yānāsanasthaścaivainamavaruhyābhivādayet) Manusmṛti 2.22; R.4. 8; Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.14; so प्रासादात्, वृक्षाग्रात् (prāsādāt, vṛkṣāgrāt); ऐश्वर्यात् अवरूढः (aiśvaryāt avarūḍhaḥ) come down from, bereft of, prosperity.

2) To approach; अचिरादवरोत्स्यसि (acirādavarotsyasi) Bhāgavata 3.33.1. -Caus. रोहयति (rohayati) or रोपयति (ropayati)

1) To cause to descend or alight; तामवारोहयत् (tāmavārohayat) R.1.54; helped her down; to bring down, or set down; तां सरस्तीरेऽवरोप्य (tāṃ sarastīre'varopya) Daśakumāracarita 139; वृक्षाद्धनूंषि, गाण्डीवम् (vṛkṣāddhanūṃṣi, gāṇḍīvam) &c.

2) To lower, lessen, reduce; Manusmṛti 1.82.

3) To plant (as trees).

4) To depose, dethrone, dismiss, remove (as from a throne &c.); मयाऽधिकाराभ्यामवरोप्य (mayā'dhikārābhyāmavaropya) Mu.3; चाणक्यं साचिव्यादवरोपयेत् (cāṇakyaṃ sācivyādavaropayet).

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

Avaruh (अवरुह्).—descend from ([ablative]) upon ([accusative]), tread on ([locative]), enter. [Causative] descend (tr.) or take down from ([ablative]); set, plant (trees); deprive of ([ablative]), decrease, diminish, destroy.

Avaruh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and ruh (रुह्).

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

1) Avaruh (अवरुह्):—[=ava-√ruh] [Parasmaipada] (p. -rohat; [indeclinable participle] -ruhya; also [Ātmanepada] e.g. [Mahābhārata ix, 3470; Rāmāyaṇa ii, 7, 11 and iv, 49, 25])

—to descend, alight, dismount, [Ṛg-veda v, 78, 4, etc.];—‘to descend from’ id est. to be deprived of (one’s dominion, aiśvaryāt), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :—[Causal] ([imperfect tense] avāropayat [varia lectio] rohayat [Raghuvaṃśa i, 54]; Imper. 2. sg. -ropaya, [Mahābhārata iv, 1318 and ix, 3468, 2.] [plural] [Ātmanepada] -rohayadhvam, [Mahābhārata iii, 15609])

—to cause to descend, take down from ([ablative]) :—[Passive voice] -ropyate, to be lowered or lessened, [Mahābhārata xii, 8501.]

2) Avāruh (अवारुह्):—[=avā-√ruh] Caus. ([future] sg. -rohayitā) to bring down from ([ablative])

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

Avaruh (अवरुह्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avaruha, Orubha.

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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.

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Partial matches: Ava, Ruh.

Starts with: Avaruha, Avaruhya.

Ends with: Abhipratyavaruh, Abhyavaruh, Adhyavaruh, Anvavaruh, Pratyavaruh, Upavaruh, Vyavaruh.

Full-text (+7): Avarohana, Avaroha, Paccorohati, Avarohaka, Adhyavaruh, Avarohitiya, Avarohita, Anvavaruh, Abhipratyavaruh, Pati-orohati, Abhyavaruh, Avarudha, Avarohika, Avaropya, Orubha, Avarohavat, Avaruha, Avarohashakhin, Vyavaruh, Avaropana.

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