avalambanam

avalambanam 1 A prop, support, stay; avalambanāya dinabharturabhūnna patiṣyataḥ karasahasramapi Śi.9.6; sahiṣyate tatprathamāvalambanam Ku.5.66; kathaṃ syātpunarihāvalambanaṃ bhavatyāḥ H.3; prasthānaviklavagateravalambanārtham Ś.5.3; mama pucche karāvalambanaṃ kṛtvottiṣṭha H.1. -2 Help, assistance. -3 Having recourse to, resorting to; adoption; itarapakṣāvalambanadvāreṇa K.160. -4 Walking-stick.