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avanamaka 787 *avanamaka ʻ bending ʼ. [√nam]
Pa. ōnamaka -- ; M. oṇvā, vaṇ°, onvā ʻ stooping ʼ.

788 avanamati ʻ bows ʼ MBh. 2. avanata -- ʻ bowed down ʼ MBh. 3. avanāmayati ʻ bends ʼ MBh. [√nam]
1. Pa. ōnamati, ōṇ° ʻ bends down ʼ (for J. Charpentier IL ii 55), Pk. ōṇamaï; H. poet. unawnā ʻ to bend, stoop, fall on, be broken ʼ; M. oṇavṇẽ, oṇāv°, vaṇ° ʻ to stoop ʼ.
2. Pa. ōṇata -- , Pk. ōṇaya -- ; Kho. undik ʻ to hang down ʼ Morgenstierne BelvalkarVol 85 with (?).
3. Pa. ōnāmēti, ōṇ° ʻ makes bend down ʼ, Pk. ōṇāmēi, Bhoj. onāil; OMth. onāvaï ʻ causes to lower ʼ; H. onānā, un° ʻ to make bend, to attack ʼ.
Addenda: avanamati. 1. Brj. onawno intr. ʻ to bend down ʼ.
3. avanāmayati: Brj. onā(w)no tr. ʻ to make bend ʼ.
avanāmayati see avanamati Add2.

789 *avanahati ʻ covers. [Cf. avanahya KātyŚr., ávanaddha- AV., Pa. ōnaddha -- , Pk. ōṇaddha -- : √nah]
Aw. onahā ʻ overcast ʼ pp. of *onah -- Baburam Saksena NIA i 397.
avanāmayati see avanamati.

avanāyá 790 avanāyá m. ʻ putting down ʼ lex. [√]
Si. inscr. onā ʻ act of throwing or pouring down ʼ.

791 *avanijyati ʻ washes ʼ. [ávanēniktē ʻ washes oneself ʼ, ávanējayati ʻ causes to wash ʼ ŚBr.: √nij]
Paš. lauṛ. ōnǰ -- ʻ to wash (clothes, hands) ʼ, ar. äĩž -- : the latter poss. < *ānijyati (for prep. cf. āsnāna -- beside snāˊna -- ); -- cf. Pa. ōṇōjēti J. Charpentier IL ii 55 cannot explain ō < ē.

791a †*avanidrā -- f. ʻ falling asleep ʼ: cf. ávadrāti (fut. part. avadrāsyát -- ŚBr.) and avasupta -- MBh. [√drai]
WPah.kṭg. ṇīñj f. ʻ sleep ʼ with loss of the initial vowel of MIA. *ōṇijja -- paralleled by the loss of ā -- in kṭg. ṇauṇõ caus. of aṇnõ (āˊnayati), but Hendriksen, who gives both nīñj, kc. nīj and ṇīñj, derives both from nidrāˊ -- , the initial n -- being attracted to -- by a group of reflex consonants replacing -- dr -- on its way to -- jj -- . Note kṭg. vowels ni -- < ni -- , but i -- < *oṇi -- .

avapatita 792 avapatita ʻ fallen down ʼ R. [Cf. avapátat -- RV.: √pat]
Pa. ōpatita -- ; Pk. ōvayaï, ōvaḍaï; Kt. ūptå ʻ I fell ʼ (pres. ūpŕēnəm formed after pŕēnam ʻ I give ʼ < pradadā -- : ptå ʻ gave ʼ < prátta -- Morgenstierne Rep1 60.). Perh. a Kt. cmpd. with ū, see patitá -- .

avapuṣya 793 *avapuṣya ʻ bud ʼ. [Cf. Pa. ōpuppha -- m. ʻ bud ʼ < *ava- puṣpa -- : púṣya -- 1]
Kal. ušik ʻ flower ʼ.
avabaddha -- see avabandhati.

avabandha 794 avabandha m. ʻ fastening ʼ Suśr. [√bandh]
Pk. avabaṁdha -- m.; H. õdh m. ʻ the cord with which rafters for thatching are fastened until the roof is finished ʼ.

795 avabandhati ʻ ties on, fixes on ʼ Kauś. 2. avabaddha- MBh. [√bandh]
1. Pa. ōbandhati; Paš. wand -- , wā° ʻ to make, build; to be formed ʼ or < upabandhati.
2. Pk. ōbaddha -- ; Or. odhā ʻ upper garment of a man ʼ; OAw. odhā ʻ united with ʼ; H. odhnā ʻ to be fastened, be entangled ʼ.

796 ávabādhatē ʻ keeps off ʼ RV., ʻ *presses down ʼ. [Cf. sáṁbādhatē AV., Pk. saṁbāhaï ʻ presses down ʼ: √bādh]
Mth. ohāeb ʻ to copulate (of animals) ʼ.

797 ávabharatē ʻ sinks into ʼ, °ti ʻ throws into ʼ RV. Some confusion prob. with avaharatē ʻ brings down ʼ KātyŚr. since from Pk. onwards cmpds. of bhr̥ -- and hr̥ -- collide phonet. [√bhr̥]
Pa. ōbharati ʻ bears off ʼ; Pk. ōharia -- ʻ brought down, descended ʼ; B. olā ʻ to descend ʼ, caus. olāna (if not < avalīyatē or with Chatterji ODBL 413 < *avalabh -- ); Or. ohaḷibā ʻ to be hanging ʼ, caus. ohaḷāibā, ohaḷ ʻ hanging roots of banyan tree ʼ, dial. uhlibā ʻ to flow down, float away ʼ; H. oharnā, uh° ʻ to subside (of swelling or flood), to settle (of a liquid) ʼ; M. oharṇẽ, horṇẽ ʻ to stuff or fill in a cavity, to overspread the body with trinkets, &c. ʼ

avabhāsa 798 avabhāsa m. ʻ lustre ʼ Suśr. [√bhās]
Pa. ōbhāsa -- m., Pk. ōbhāsa -- , avahā° m.; S. uhāu m. ʻ light, splendour ʼ.

avamá 799 avamá ʻ lowest, inferior ʼ RV. [áva].
Pa. Pk. ōma -- ; Wg. ūm, wūm ʻ lower ʼ; -- poss. Ash. wō̃ adv. and prep. ʻ down ʼ.
*avamakrama -- , *avamāṁśa -- .

avamakrama 800 *avamakrama ʻ lower row ʼ. [avamá -- , kráma -- ]
Wg. ū̃křem dū̃t ʻ the lower teeth ʼ; -- more prob., like oĩnkřem dū̃t ʻ the upper teeth ʼ, a Wg. cmpd.
*avamardati, avamr̥dnāti ʻ rubs ʼ MBh. [√mr̥d]
See *ādhūṇḍh -- .

avamardana 801 avamardana n. ʻ rubbing ʼ MBh. [√mr̥d]
M. õdaṇ n. ʻ the grooved slip along which shutters or panels run ʼ.

avamalaka 802 *avamalaka ʻ partially impure ʼ. [mála -- ]
M. õvḷā, ov°, oḷā ʻ impure only in a secondary degree ʼ; -- cf. Pk. ōmaïlla -- ʻ dirty ʼ.
*avamāṁśa -- ʻ worst portion ʼ. [avamá -- , áṁśa -- .]
See *adhamāṁśa -- .
avamāna -- see apamāna -- .

avamukta 803 avamukta ʻ loosened ʼ. 2. *avamukna -- [ávamuñcati AV.: √muc]
1. Pa. ōmutta -- ʻ freed ʼ; A. õt ʻ free end of a skein of thread ʼ.
2. Pa. ōmukka -- ʻ cast off ʼ, Pk. avamukka -- ; M. õkā, ũ° ʻ without the usual ornaments, bare, naked, void ʼ.

avamūrdha 804 avamūrdha ʻ head -- down ʼ Pāṇ. Kāś. [mūrdhán -- ]
Pk. ōmuddhaga -- ʻ face -- down ʼ; S. ū̃dho ʻ upside down ʼ, ū̃dha -- muho ʻ face down ʼ; L. amūndhā, mūdhā ʻ lying on the face ʼ, awāṇ. amūdhā ʻ upside down ʼ; P. ū̃dhā ʻ face -- down ʼ, ḍog. ūˋṇḍā; Ku. ūn, ũdo ʻ down ʼ; N. ũdho ʻ low ʼ, adv. ʻ below ʼ; Bi. aũdhā ʻ rough method of tiling with flat tiles ʼ; H. aũdhā, õdhā ʻ face down, topsy turvy ʼ; G. ū̃dhũ ʻ upside down ʼ, in cmpds. ũdh -- .
Addenda: avamūrdha -- : WPah.kc. undi ʻ down ʼ, kṭg. Wkc. hùndi, kṭg. húndhi; J. undā, kṭg. hùndɔ, húndhɔ ʻ turned downwards, upside down ʼ.

ávara 805 ávara ʻ lower, hinder, nearer ʼ RV., °rēṇa ʻ below ʼ ŚBr., °rataḥ, °rastāt Pāṇ. [áva]
Pa. ōra -- ʻ lower ʼ, ōraṁ ʻ on this side ʼ, ōratō ʻ from this side ʼ; S. ore ʻ on this side ʼ, L. P. ure, N. ora; A. or pariba ʻ to come to an end ʼ; OG. urahã̄ ʻ near ʼ; Si. ora ʻ below ʼ; -- deriv. Pa. ōraka -- ʻ inferior ʼ, G. orũ adj. ʻ near ʼ; -- Pa. ōrima -- ʻ lowest, being on this side ʼ; S. oryõ ʻ the nearer ʼ; -- P. H. urlā ʻ being on this side ʼ.
avarā -- 1, avarā -- 2 (?), ávaratara; *avarapāra -- .
avaraja -- see aparajá -- .
Addenda: ávara -- : S.kcch. oryā adv. ʻ near ʼ; WPah.kṭg. órhi, ori, ore, orśe ʻ on this side ʼ, orśa ʻ from this side ʼ, órhu, kc. oru ʻ to this side, to ʼ, kṭg. (kc.) órhue ʻ since ʼ.

ávaratara 806 ávaratara ʻ further down ʼ ŚBr. [ávara -- ]
S. orāru ʻ the near side ʼ (?); L. urēre ʻ nearer ʼ; P. urere ʻ a little on this side ʼ, arere ʻ nearer ʼ.

avarati 807 avarati f. ʻ ceasing ʼ. [Cf. Pa. ōramati ʻ desists ʼ: √ram]
Kho. orói ʻ sleep ʼ ( < *orori) whence oréik ʻ to sleep ʼ.
*avaratya -- .

avaratya 808 *avaratya ʻ sleep ʼ. [For formation cf. *ātatya -- ~ *ātati -- : avarati -- ]
Pasš. ōráč m. ʻ sleep ʼ.

809 *avarandhati ʻ hurts, destroys ʼ. [√randh]
Pr. orod -- ʻ to beat ʼ.

avarapāra 810 *avarapāra ʻ the near bank ʼ. [ávara -- , pārá -- ]
Pa. ōrapāra -- in anōrapāra -- ʻ boundless (of the ocean) ʼ; L. urvār ʻ on this side of a river ʼ.

811 *avarampati or °phati ʻ cuts, scrapes off ʼ. [Cf. raphitá- ʻ wretched ʼ RV., raphati, ramph° ʻ injures ʼ Vop.: √*ramp]
Pk. ōraṁpia -- ʻ scraped, made thin ʼ (cf. raṁpia -- and raṁphia -- ); M. orapṇẽ, orbaḍṇẽ, orphaḍṇẽ ʻ to scrape, scratch, strip off leaves ʼ.

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