Avas, Āvas, Āvās: 8 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvas (अवस्).—n. [av-bhāve asic] Ved.
1) Protection, assistance.
2) Fame, celebrity.
3) Food, provision.
4) Wealth; riches.
5) Going.
6) Satisfaction, pleasure.
7) Wish, will, desire, aspiration. -ind. [अवर-प्रथमायाः पञ्चम्याः सप्तम्या वाऽर्थे असि, अव् आदेशः (avara-prathamāyāḥ pañcamyāḥ saptamyā vā'rthe asi, av ādeśaḥ) P.V.3.39]
1) Below, downwards, hitherward.
2) (As a preposition with instr. or abl.) (a) Below, at the lowest place. (b) Without, on the outside.
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Āvas (आवस्).—1 P. (With acc.)
1) To inhabit, dwell in; रविमावसते सतां क्रियायै (ravimāvasate satāṃ kriyāyai) V.3.7; पुरीमिमामावसत् (purīmimāmāvasat) Rām.; sometimes with loc.; Manusmṛti 7.69; रम्यं पशव्यमाजीव्यं जाङ्गलं देशमावसेत् (ramyaṃ paśavyamājīvyaṃ jāṅgalaṃ deśamāvaset) Y.1.321.
2) To be occupied or engaged, enter upon; गृहस्थाश्रमम् (gṛhasthāśramam) Manusmṛti 3.2.
3) To take part carnally; cohabit. गुरोस्तल्पमावसन् (gurostalpamāvasan) Ch. up.5.1.9.
4) To pass, spend (as night). -Caus.
1) To allow one to dwell, receive hospitably.
2) To inhabit, settle in a place.
3) To halt or encamp (for the night).
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Āvās (आवास्).—1 P. [वास् (vās) with आ (ā)] To perfume; आवासयन्तो गन्धेन जग्मुरन्यद्वनं ततः (āvāsayanto gandhena jagmuranyadvanaṃ tataḥ) Rām.2.13.41.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvas (अवस्).—[av + as], n. Protection,
Avas (अवस्).—1. [neuter] favour, aid, assistance, recreation, relief, comfort, joy, inclination, desire.
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Avas (अवस्).—2. [adverb] down; as [preposition] down from ([ablative] or [instrumental]), under ([instrumental]).
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Āvas (आवस्).—settle or enter upon ([accusative]), dwell or live in ([locative]); cohabit with ([accusative]); [with] gurostalpam commit adultery with the teacher’s wife. [Causative] harbour, lodge; take up one’s abode in ([accusative]); stop, stay, [especially] over night.
Āvas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and vas (वस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Avas (अवस्):—1. avas n. (√av), favour, furtherance, protection, assistance, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
2) refreshing, [Ṛg-veda]
3) enjoyment, pleasure, [Ṛg-veda]
4) wish, desire (as of men for the gods etc., [Ṛg-veda], or of the waters for the sea, [Ṛg-veda viii, 16, 2]) (cf. -sv-avas.)
5) 2. avas ind. (once, before m, avar, [Ṛg-veda i, 133, 6]; cf. [Pāṇini 8-2, 70]) ([from] 2. ava) downwards, [Ṛg-veda]
6) (as a [preposition]) down from ([ablative] or [instrumental case]), [Ṛg-veda]
7) below (with [instrumental case]), [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 7 and 18, x, 67, 4.]
8) Avās (अवास्):—(√2. as), ([Vedic or Veda] [indeclinable participle] avāsyā) to put down, [Ṛg-veda i, 140, 10.]
9) Āvas (आवस्):—[=ā-vas] -√5. vas [Parasmaipada] -vasati, to abide, dwell;
—to spend (time), [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa];
—to enter, inhabit;
—to take possession of [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] etc.;
—to sleep with, [Manu-smṛti] :
—[Causal] -vāsayati, to cause or allow any one to dwell or abide;
—to receive hospitably, [Rāmāyaṇa; Rājataraṅgiṇī];
—to inhabit, settle in a place, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara etc.]
10) Āvās (आवास्):—[=ā-√vās] Caus. -vāsayati, to perfume, [Rāmāyaṇa ii, 103, 40.]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Āvas (आवस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Āusa, Āvasa.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAvas in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) residence; dwelling place; ~[si] resident..—avas (आवास) is alternatively transliterated as Āvāsa.
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