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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अवavaFavour; अग्नेरवेण मरुताम् Rv.1.128.5.

    Favour; अग्नेरवेण मरुताम् Rv.1.128.5.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • अव ava, Indeclinable

      1. (the initial अ is sometimes dropped, as in पूर्वापरौ तोयनिधी वगाह्य Ku.1.1)
      2. (As a preposition) Away, off, away from, down; कृत्वा मुखान्यवशुचः श्वसनेन शुष्यत् Bhāg.1.29.29.
      3. (As a prefix to verbs) It expresses (a) determination; अवधृ, अवसो; (b) diffusion, pervasion; अवकॄ-कीर्ण; (c) disrespect; अवज्ञा, अवमन्; (d) littleness; व्रीहीनवहन्ति; (e) support, resting upon; अवलम्ब्; (Feminine) purification, अवदात; (g) depreciation, discomfiture; अवहन्ति शत्रून् (पराभवति); (h) commanding; अवक्लृप्; (i) depression, bending down; अवतृ, अवगाह् (j) knowledge; अवगम्, अवइ.
      4. As the first member of Tat purusha compounds it means अबक्रुष्ट; अवकोकिलः Equivalent to अवक्रुष्टः कोकिलया Sk.

    • अव ava ब b ध्र dhra, (ब) ध्र Adjective Vedic Not injurious, innoxious, beneficent. See अवध.

    • अव ava

      1. ब b हित्था hitthā त्थम् ttham, (ब) हित्था त्थम् 1 Dissimulation in general.
      2. Dissimulation or concealment of an internal feeling, regarded as one of the 33 subordinate feelings (व्यभिचारिभाव); भयगौरवलज्जादेर्हर्षाद्याकारगुप्तिरवहित्था S. D.; or according to R. G. व्रीडादिना निमित्तेन हर्षाद्यनुभावानां गोपनाय जनितो भावविशेषोऽवहित्थम्; for ex. see Ku.6.84, or Bv.2.8.

    In the Gita1·231·302·82·312·332·382·5312·103·116·5+12

    योत्स्यमानानवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः ।

    yotsyamānānavekṣe'haṁ ya ete'tra samāgatāḥ, — I also want to look upon those who have come here to champion the cause of the evil-minded son of Dhritarashtra. 1·23
    • अवेक्षेavekṣefut. 1st person singular of the the verbal root īkṣ (to see, look) with the prefix ava.
    • अवस्थातुम्avasthātuminfinitive of the verbal root sthā (to stay, remain, stand) with the prefix ava.
    • अवाप्यavāpyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root āp (to attain, obtain) with the prefix ava.
    • अवेक्ष्यavekṣyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root īkṣ (to see, look) with the prefix ava.
    • अवाप्स्यसिavāpsyasifut. 2nd person singular of the verbal root āp (to attain) with the prefix ava.
    • अवाप्स्यथavāpsyathafut. 2nd person plural of the verbal root āp (to attain) with the prefix ava.

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  2. अवंशavaṃśaA bad family, wrong family; ˚पतितो राजा Chāṇ.81.

    A bad family, wrong family; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपतितो राजा Chāṇ.81.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -शम् That which has no pillars or support, the ether; अवंशे द्यामस्तभायद् Rv.2.15.2.

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  3. अवकटavakaṭaa.Downwards; backwards.

    [अव-स्वार्थे-कटच् अवात्कुटारच्च ParasmaipadaV.2.3]

    1. Downwards; backwards.
    2. Opposite, contrary.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -टम् Contrariety, opposition.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अवava[áva] verbal and nominal prefix off; down; prp. w. ab. down from.
    1. [áva] verbal and nominal prefix off; down; preposition with ablative down from.
    2. [áv-a] masculine favour, grace.
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  2. अवंशavaṃśa[a-vamsa] m. mean descent.

    [a-vamsa] masculine mean descent.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अवavam. favour RV. i, 128, 5
    1. masculine gender favour fg-veda i, 128, 5
    2. masculine gender (cf निरव्/अत् .)
    3. indeclinable (as a prefix to verbs and verbal nouns expresses) off, away, down fg-veda etc.
    4. indeclinable (exceptionally as a preposition with ablative) down from AV. vii, 55, I
    5. indeclinable (for another use of this preposition see अव-कोकिल .)
    6. (only genitive case dual number अव्/ओर् with वाम्, "of you both", corresponding to स्/अ त्व्/अम्, "thou", etc.), this fg-veda vi, 67, 11; vii, 67, 4 and (वा for वाम्) x, 132, 5 [Zend pronoun अव; Slavonic or Slavonian ovo; confer, compare also the syllable, αὐ in αὐτός, αὖ, αὖθι, etc.; Latin au-t, औतेम्, etc.]
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  2. अवंशavaṃśam. a low or despised family
    1. masculine gender a low or despised family
    2. neuter gender "that which has no pillars or support", the ether fg-veda ii, 15, 2; iv, 56, 3 and vii, 78, I
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  3. अवंश्यavaṃśyamfn. not belonging to the family Pat.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not belonging to the family Pat.

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  4. अवऋतिavaṛtifor /अव-र्ति, q.v. VS. xxx, 12.

    for /अव-र्ति, quod vide VS. xxx, 12.

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  5. अवकavakam. a grassy plant growing in marshy land (Blyxa Octandra Rich., otherwise called S3aiva1la शैवाल) MaitrS.

    masculine gender a grassy plant growing in marshy land (Blyxa Octandra Rich., otherwise called S3aiva1la शैवाल) MaitrS.

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