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    avaso

    See also avasāyāmi.

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

    ☞ p. 94, col. 2.
    avaso ava-so, cl. 4. P. -syati, -sātum,

    to finish, accomplish; to destroy: Caus. -sāyayati,

    -yitum, to destroy; to cause to be completed.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 191, col. 1.
    avaso 4 P.

    1 To finish, accomplish.

    2 To destroy.

    3 To determine, understand; kimapyanavasīyamānaṃ K. 278; avāsāsīcca vaiyāsikīṃ (vāṇīṃ) Malli.

    4 (Intrans.) To fail; be at an end; śaktirmamāvasyati hīnayuddhe Ki. 16. 17.

    5 To put up (as at an inn).

    6 To let loose, liberate.

    7 To draw near, approach.

    8 To dwell, stay.

    9 To settle, fix.

    10 To stand firm, to persist in.

    11 To know; Bk. 19. 28.

    12 To get, attain to, reach.

    — Caus.

    1 To cause to be completed, finish, complete; atha vidhimavasāyya śāstradṛṣṭaṃ R. 5. 76.

    2 To understand, comprehend; avasāyayituṃ kṣamāḥ sukhaṃ Ki. 2. 29.

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

    ☞ p. 105, col. 2.
    ava-√ so -syati (Imper. 2. du. -syatam; aor. Subj. -sāt) to loosen, deliver from, RV. vi, 74, 3 and vii, 28, 4; TS.; ŚBr.; (Imper. 2. sg. -sya; aor. ávāsāt, TBr. &c. aor. 3. pl. ávāsur, RV. i, 179, 2; ind.p. -sā́ya, RV. i, 104, 1; Ved. Inf. -sai, RV. iii, 53, 20) Ved. to unharness (horses), put up at any one's house, settle, rest, RV. &c.; to take one's abode or standing-place in or upon (loc.), AV. ix, 2, 14; TBr.; to finish, terminate (one's work), ŚāṅkhŚr.; RPrāt. &c.; to be finished, be at an end, be exhausted, Kir. xvi, 17; to choose or appoint (as a place for dwelling or for a sacrifice), TS.; ŚBr.; (Pot. 2. sg. -seyās; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 67) to decide, Bhaṭṭ., to obtain, BhP. : Caus. -sāyayati (ind.p. -sā́yya) to cause to take up one's abode in or upon (loc.), TS.; AitBr.; ŚBr.; (ind.p. -sāyya) to complete, Ragh. v, 76; (Inf. [in Pass.sense] -sāyyayitum) to ascertain, clearly distinguish, Kir. ii, 29. Pass. -sīyate (cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66) to be obtained, BhP.; to be insisted upon, MBh. xii, 554 (ed. Bomb. in active sense ‘to insist upon’); to be ascertained, BhP.; Sarvad.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 259.
    avaso 4 P. 1 To finish, accomplish. -2 To destroy. -3 To determine, understand; kimapyanavasīyamānam K.278; avāsāsīcca vaiyāsikīm (vāṇīm) Malli. -4 (Intrans.) To fail; be at an end; śaktirmamāvasyati hīnayuddhe Ki.16.17. -5 To put up (as at an inn). -6 To let loose, liberate. -7 To draw near, approach. -8 To dwell, stay. -9 To settle, fix. -10 To stand firm, to persist in. -11 To know; avaseyāśca kāryāṇi dharmeṇa puravāsinām Bk.19. -12 To get, attain to, reach. -Caus. 1 To cause to be completed, finish, complete; atha vidhimavasāyya śāstradṛṣṭam R.5.76. -2 To understand, comprehend; avasāyayituṃ kṣamāḥ sukham Ki.2.29.