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    See also avalambana, avalambanam, avalambanaṃ.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 187, col. 3.
    avalaṃbanaṃ

    1 A prop, support, stay; avalaṃbanāya dinabharturabhūnna patiṣyataḥ karasahasramapi Śi. 9. 6; sahiṣyate tatprathamāvalaṃbanaṃ Ku. 5. 66; kathaṃ syātpunarihāvalaṃbanaṃ bhavatyāḥ H. 3; prasthānaviklavagateravalaṃbanārthaṃ Ś. 5. 3; mama pucche karāvalaṃbanaṃ kṛtvottiṣṭha H. 1.

    2 Help, assistance.

    3 Having recourse to, resorting to; adoption; itarapakṣāvalaṃbanadvāreṇa K. 160.

    4 Walking-stick.