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    See also avaroha.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 187, col. 1.
    avarohaḥ

    1 Descent, going or coming down.

    2 A creeping plant winding itself round a tree from the bottom to the top (such as the guḍūcī creeper).

    3 Heaven (tasmāddhi bhogāvasāne sarve'varohaṃti).

    4 Mounting, ascending.

    5 A shoot sent out by a plant, a pendent branch, one that strikes fresh roots into the earth, as of the fig-tree (vaṭa); avarohaśatākīrṇaṃ vaṭamāsādya tasthatuḥ Rām.

    6 The growth of a plant or vine.

    7 (In music) The descending scale of notes.

    Comp.

    — śāyin the Indian fig-tree; so

    — śākhaḥ, śākhin.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 254.
    avarohaḥ 1 Descent, going or coming down. -2 A creeping plant winding itself round a tree from the bottom to the top (such as the guḍūcī creeper). -3 Heaven (tasmāddhi bhogāvasāne sarve'varohanti). -4 Mounting, ascending. -5 A shoot sent out by a plant, a pendent branch, one that strikes fresh roots into the earth, as of the fig-tree (vaṭa); avarohaśatākīrṇaṃ vaṭamāsādya tasthatuḥ Rām. -6 The growth of a plant or vine. -7 (In music) The descending scale of notes. -Comp. -śāyin the Indian fig-tree; so -śākhaḥ, -śākhin.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 127.
    avarohaḥ , puṃ, (ava + ruh + bhāve ghañ .) avataraṇaṃ .
    ārohaṇaṃ . (karttari saṃjñāyāṃ ghañ .) latodgamaḥ .
    iti medinī .. vṛkṣamūlādagraparyyantaṃ gatā latā .
    śākhāśiphā . ityamaraḥ . voyā nāmanā iti
    bhāṣā ..
    (“sudūramatha gatvā tau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau .
    avarohaśatākīrṇaṃ vaṭamāsādya tasthatuḥ” ..
    iti rāmāyaṇe .) svargaḥ . iti trikāṇḍaśeṣaḥ ..