अव्

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अव्    cl. 1. P. अ॑वति ( Imper. 2. sg. अवतात्, [RV. viii, 2, 3], p. अ॑वत्; impf. आ॑वत्, 2. sg. 1. आ॑वः [for 2. आ॑वः See √ वृ]; perf. 3. sg. आव, 2. pl. आव॑, [RV. viii, 7, 18], 2. sg. आ॑विथ; aor. अ॑वित्, 2. sg. आवीस्, अवीस् and अविषस्, Imper. अविष्टु, 2. sg. अविड्ढि॑ [once, [RV. ii, 17, 8]] or अविड्ढि [six times in [RV.]], 2. du. अविष्टम्, 3. du., 2. pl. अविष्ट॑ना, [RV. vii, 18, 25] Prec. 3. sg. अव्यास्, Inf. अ॑वितवे, [RV. vii, 33, 1]; Ved. ind.p. आव्या, [RV. i, 166, 13])

to drive, impel, animate (as a car or horse), [RV.];

Ved. to promote, favour, (chiefly Ved.) to satisfy, refresh;

to offer (as a hymn to the gods), [RV. iv, 44, 6];

to lead or bring to ( dat.: ऊत॑ये, वा॑ज-सातये, क्षत्रा॑य, स्वस्त॑ये), [RV.];

(said of the gods) to be pleased with, like, accept favourably (as sacrifices, prayers or hymns), [RV.], (chiefly said of kings or princes)

to guard, defend, protect, govern, [BhP.]; [Ragh. ix, 1]; [VarBṛS.] &c.:

Caus. (only impf. अवयत्, 2. sg. आवयस्) to consume, devour, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]
अव्   [ cf. Gk. ἀίω Lat. aveo?].

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

अव् [av]   1 P. [अवति, आव, आवीत्, अविष्यति, अवितुम्, अवित or ऊत]
To protect, defend; सह नाववतु Tait 2.1.1. यमवता- मवतां च धुरि स्थितः [R.9.1;] प्रत्यक्षाभिः प्रपन्नस्तनुभिरवतु वस्ता- भिरष्टाभिरीशः [Ś.1.1.]
To please, satisfy, give pleasure to; do good to; विक्रमसेन मामवति नाजिते त्वयि [R.11.75;] न मामवति सद्वीपा रत्नसूरपि मेदिनी. 1.65.
To like, wish, desire, love.
To favour, promote, animate. (In the Dhātupāṭha several other meanings are assigned to this root, but they are very rarely used in classical literature;e. g. गति, कान्ति, अवगम, प्रवेश, श्रवण, स्वाम्यर्थ or सामर्थ्य, याचन, क्रिया, दीप्ति, अवाप्ति, ग्रहण, व्याप्ति,आलिङ्गन, हिंसा, आदान, दहन, भाव, भाग, and वृद्धि). -Caus. To consume, devour. -With अनु to encourage, inspire.
उद् to regard, attend to.
to wait for.
to promote, impel.
उप to cherish, behave friendly towards.
to encourage.
सम् to satisfy, satiate.
to protect, maintain. [cf. L. aveo].

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

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