avalambava-lamb, cl. 1. A. or poet. P. lambate, -ti, -bitum, to hang, glide or slip down, descend; to catch hold of, cling to, hang to, hold on or support one's self by; rest upon as a support, to depend upon: Caus. -lambayati, -yitum, to make one rest upon or catch hold of.
ava-√ lamb-lambate (ind.p. -lambya, exceptionally P., e.g. Pot. -lambet, MBh. i, 8443 ed. Bomb.) to hang down, glide or slip down, descend, TUp. &c.; (pr. p. P. -lambat) to set (as the sun), MBh. iv, 1040; to catch hold of, cling to, hang to, hold on or support one's self by, rest upon as a support, depend upon (generally acc.; but also loc. [MBh. i, 8443] or instr. [Megh. 108]), to hold up anything (to prevent its falling down), Śak.; Ragh. vii, 9, &c.; to enter a state or condition (as māyām, mānuṣyatvam, dhairyam, &c.); to devote one's self to (acc.), Kum. ii, 15; ‘to incline towards’, choose as a direction, Kathās. : Caus. (ind.p. -lambya) to hang up, Pañcat.; Kathās.; to grasp (for support), Mālav.
avalamb 1 A. 1 (a) To hang, slip or glide down, hang down, be suspended; kanakaśṛṅkhalāvalambinī Mu.2 suspended by a golden chain; stanavadavalambate yaḥ kaṇṭhe'- jānāṃ maṇiḥ sa vijñeyaḥ Bṛi.S.65.3; śākhāyāṃ mṛtakamavalambitamāste Vet. (b) To rest, recline, sink down, remain; yasya vacanāttatrāvalambitāḥ H.1. -2 To catch hold of, hold, cling to, throw or support onself on, lean on, rest on; yayau tadīyāmavalambya cāṅgulim R.3.25; urvaśī rājānamavalambate V.1; daṇḍakāṣṭhamavalambya sthitaḥ Ś.2; citralekhāhastāvalambitā V.1 leaning on, supported by; K.17.185. -3 To hold up, bear up, support, sustain, take up; avalambyatāṃ putraḥ Ś.7; hastenāvalambyorvaśīm V.3; hṛdayamavalalambe rātrisaṃbhogalakṣmīḥ Ki.9.78; adhikārānavalambya Ku.2.18; hṛdayaṃ na tvavalambituṃ kṣamāḥ R.8.60; nātmanaivāvalambe Me.111; hastena tasthāvavalambya vāsaḥ R.7.9; Ku.3.55,6;68;7.58; tadarhasyājīvitamavalambitum Ś.3; Dk.162; Ve.4; M.3; V.2; Mu.5; K.163. -4 To depend on or upon, hang or hinge on; sarvo'yaṃ janastvāmavalambate Bk.18.41; vyavahāro'yaṃ cārudattamavalambate, vasantasenāmātaramavalambate Mk.9; Bhāṣa P.167. -5 To have recourse to, resort to; nairāśyamavalambitam H.1; vyathām Bk.7.71; vaiklavyam Māl.8 to give way to despair; ghairyamavalamba to summon or pluck up courage, not to despair; mādhyasthyamiṣṭe'pyavalambate'rthe Ku.1.52; dākṣiṇyamavalambya M.2 politely; K.155; Ki.2.15; K.220; āśām to cherish hopes; kiṃ svātantryamavalambase Ś.5 act wantonly, quite independently; avalambyottarāṃ diśam Ks.37.33 taking the northern direction. -6 To be slow or tardy, be late. -Caus.1 To cause to hang down, suspend; taṃ kalaśaṃ nāga- dante'valambya Pt.4. -2 To make one rest upon or catch hold of.