amāvāsī

amāvāsī amāvāsī, and amāvāsyā

amāvāsyā, i. e. amā (cf. amātya) -vāsa

+ ya, f. The day of the conjunction

of the sun and moon, the day of the

new moon, Man. 4, 113.

amāvāsī f. (± rātri) the night of the new moon (lit. of the cohabitation or conjunction, scil. of sun and moon).

amāvāsī amā-vās-ī, -yā, f. night of new
moon.

amā—vāsī f. = -vāsyā́, q.v., MBh. i, 4644 and R. vi, 72, 66 (only loc. °syām, which might be a metrical abbreviation for °syāyām).

amāvāsī = amāvasyā H. 151. ŚABDAR. im ŚKDR. amāvāsyām - saṃpratasthuḥ MBH. 1, 4644. niryāhyamāvāsyām R. 6, 72, 66.

amāvāsī f. = amāvāsyā Neumondsnacht.

amāvāsī u. syā̂ f. Neumondsnacht.

amāvāsī is an alternate of amāvasī. amā (vā)vasī strī amā saha vasataścandrārkau yasyām ap
vañ vā ni0 gaurā0 ṅīṣ . amāvāsyāyām .

amāvāsī , strī, (amā sāhityena candrārkayorvāso
yatra, gaurāditvāt ṅīṣ .) amāvasyā . iti
śabdaratnāvalī ..

AMĀVĀSĪ . In Amarakośa we read about Amāvāsī:

“Amāvāsyā tvamāvasyā darśaḥ sūryendusaṃgamaḥ”.

Amāvāsī means New Moon. “Amā” means “Saha”.

So Amāvāsī is the Union of Sun and Moon in the same

rāśi.

Once Bhṛgu Mahaṛsi cursed Agni. At that time Agni

explained the importance of Amāvāsī. The oblations

which are offered as homa into the fire become the food

of the Devas and Pitṛs. Substances offered as homa on

Purṇamāsī become food of the Devas and those offered

on Amāvāsī become food of the Pitṛs. (M.B., Ādi

Parva, Chapter 7).