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    avasa

    See also avasaḥ.

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 81.
    avasa ind. (-vasa) Without, on the outside. m. (-saḥ)

    1 A king.

    2 The sun. n. (-saṃ) Preserving, protecting, (in the language of the Vedas.)

    E. ava to preserve, &c. asac Uṇādi aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 63, col. 2.
    a-vasa adv. Without. m. (saḥ) A
    king; the sun. n. (saṃ) Protection.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 94, col. 1.
    Avasa, am, n., Ved. refreshment, food, provisions,

    viaticum; preserving, protecting; (as), m. a king;

    the sun.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    ☞ p. 121, col. 2.
    avasá, n. refreshment, nourishment. [√av, mg 3.]

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 47.
    avasá n. refreshment, food.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 104, col. 3.
    avasá n. Ved. refreshment, food, provisions, viaticum, RV. i, 93, 4; 119, 6
    ☞ p. 104, col. 3.
    vi, 61 &c.
    ☞ p. 104, col. 3.
    (with pad vát) ‘food that has feet’ i.e. cattle, RV. x, 169, 1
    ☞ p. 104, col. 3.
    avasá m. a king, Uṇ.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 67, col. 1.
    avasa ind. (-vasa) Without, on the outside.

    m. (-saḥ)

    1. A king.

    2. The sun.
    n. (-saṃ) Preserving, protecting, (in the language of the Vedas.)

    E.
    ava to preserve, &c. asac Unādi aff.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 55, col. 2.
    avasa avasa m. (av) Roi.

    Soleil.

    N. Vd. protection.

    ☞ p. 55, col. 2.
    avasa avasa indéc. (ava) sans, séparément.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 490.
    avasá (von av) n. Labung, Nahrung, besonders Wegzehrung NIR. 1, 17. yùvaṃ śàyorâvàsaṃ pîpyathurgàvi ṚV. 1, 119, 6. yadamûṣṇītamavàsaṃ pàṇiṃ gāḥ 93, 4. àvàsāyâ pàdvatê rudra mṛḻa der wandelnden Nahrung (d. h. des Viehs) schone 10, 169, 1. ètattê rudrāvàsam VS. 3, 61. avasena vā adhvānaṃ yanti ŚAT. BR. 2, 6, 2, 17. KAUŚ. 50. - Uṇ. 3, 116 wird ein m. avasá in der Bed. König und Sonne besprochen.
    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1064.
    avasa ṚV. 6, 61, 1. TS. 2, 2, 5, 5.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 128.
    avasá, n., Labung [von av], insbesondere die Nahrung, Zehrung, die zum täglichen Lebensunterhalt gehört (besonders an Milch); 2) concret gedacht; mit padvát „die fussbegabte Nahrung”, d. h. das Vieh, dessen Milch die tägliche Nahrung bietet.

    -ám {93,4}; {119,6}; {502,1}.

    -ā́ya 2) {995,1}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 126, col. 1.
    avasá n. Nahrung , Zehrung , Wegzehrung. padvánt. so v.a. das Vieh.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 445, col. 2.
    avasa pu0 ava + asac . 1 nṛpe 2 sūryye si0 kau0 3 arkavṛkṣe
    4 pātheyabhede ca “etatte rudrāvasaṃ tena” ya0 3, 61 “avasa
    śabdena deśāntaraṃ gacchato mārgamadhye taṭāgādisamīpe
    bhoktavya odanaviśeṣa ucyate” vedadī0 .

    Bergaigne Études sur le lexique du Ṛgveda

    ☞ p. 212.

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 40.
    Avasa in the adjective an-avasa in the Rigveda1 may mean

    ‘drag.’ [Footnote] 1) vi. 66, 7. Cf. Max Müller, Sacred Books of the East, 32, 372.