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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avaso (अवसो).—4 P.

1) To finish, accomplish.

2) To destroy.

3) To determine, understand; किमप्यनवसीयमानम् (kimapyanavasīyamānam) K.278; अवासासीच्च वैयासिकीम् (avāsāsīcca vaiyāsikīm) (vāṇīm) Malli.

4) (Intrans.) To fail; be at an end; शक्तिर्ममावस्यति हीनयुद्धे (śaktirmamāvasyati hīnayuddhe) Kirātārjunīya 16.17.

5) To put up (as at an inn).

6) To let loose, liberate.

7) To draw near, approach.

8) To dwell, stay.

9) To settle, fix.

1) To stand firm, to persist in.

11) To know; अवसेयाश्च कार्याणि धर्मेण पुरवासिनाम् (avaseyāśca kāryāṇi dharmeṇa puravāsinām) Bhaṭṭikāvya 19.

12) To get, attain to, reach. -Caus.

1) To cause to be completed, finish, complete; अथ विधिमवसाय्य शास्त्रदृष्टम् (atha vidhimavasāyya śāstradṛṣṭam) R. 5.76.

2) To understand, comprehend; अवसाययितुं क्षमाः सुखम् (avasāyayituṃ kṣamāḥ sukham) Kirātārjunīya 2.29.

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

Avaso (अवसो):—[=ava-√so] -syati (Imper. 2. [dual number] -syatam; [Aorist] [subjunctive] -sāt)

—to loosen, deliver from, [Ṛg-veda vi, 74, 3 and vii, 28, 4; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];—(Imper. 2. sg. -sya; [Aorist] avāsāt, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] etc. [Aorist] 3. [plural] avāsur, [Ṛg-veda i, 179, 2]; [indeclinable participle] -sāya, [Ṛg-veda i, 104, 1]; [Vedic or Veda] [Infinitive mood] -sai, [Ṛg-veda iii, 53,20]) [Vedic or Veda] to unharness (horses), put up at any one’s house, settle, rest, [Ṛg-veda] etc.;

—to take, one’s abode or standing-place in or upon ([locative case]), [Atharva-veda ix, 2, 14; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa];

—to finish, terminate (one’s work), [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya] etc.;

—to be finished, be at an end, be exhausted, [Kirātārjunīya xvi, 17];

—to choose or appoint (as a place for dwelling or for a sacrifice), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];—([Potential] 2. sg. -seyās; cf. [Pāṇini 6-4, 67])

—to decide, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya], to obtain, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :

—[Causal] -sāyayati ([indeclinable participle] -sāyya) to cause to take up one’s abode in or upon ([locative case]), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

— ([indeclinable participle] -sāyya) to complete, [Raghuvaṃśa v, 76];

— ([Infinitive mood] [in [Passive voice]sense] -sāyyayitum) to ascertain, clearly distinguish, [Kirātārjunīya ii, 29.] [Passive voice] -sīyate (cf. [Pāṇini 6-4, 66])

—to be obtained, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to be insisted upon, [Mahābhārata xii, 554] ([edition] [Bombay edition] in active sense ‘to insist upon’);

—to be ascertained, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ava, Sho, Co.

Starts with: Avashoshaka, Avashoshakate, Avashoshana, Avashoshisu, Avashoshya, Avashoshyate, Avasoga, Avasoiya, Avasona, Avasovani.

Ends with: Abhyudavaso, Adhyavaso, Anuvyavaso, Anvavaso, Javaso, Niravaso, Paryavaso, Pratyavaso, Pravaso, Samavaso, Udavaso, Upavaso, Vyavaso.

Full-text (+22): Paryavasana, Avasana, Avasaya, Avasayya, Avasai, Anuvyavaso, Avasanaka, Avasatri, Pravaso, Avasitartha, Pratyavaso, Pratyavasana, Abhyudavaso, Avasitamandana, Adhyavaso, Avasiti, Avasanya, Adhyavasaya, Niravaso, Avasanabhumi.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 3.51.6 < [Sukta 51]

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