अवस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৱস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অবস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အဝသ် (Burmese script)
• અવસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਵਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂫𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅವಸ್ (Kannada script)
• អវស៑ (Khmer script)
• ອວສ຺ (Lao script)
• അവസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅଵସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අවස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩾𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚦𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• அவஸ் (Tamil script)
• అవస్ (Telugu script)
• อวสฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨭𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʋɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ʋɐs̪/

Etymology 1

From the root अव् (av).^[1][2]

Noun

अवस् • (avas) stem, n

1. favor, furtherance, protection, assistance
2. refreshing
3. enjoyment, pleasure
4. wish, desire (as of men for the gods, or of the waters for the sea)

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of अवस् (avas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अवः avaḥ	अवसी avasī	अवांसि avāṃsi
Vocative	अवः avaḥ	अवसी avasī	अवांसि avāṃsi
Accusative	अवः avaḥ	अवसी avasī	अवांसि avāṃsi
Instrumental	अवसा avasā	अवोभ्याम् avobhyām	अवोभिः avobhiḥ
Dative	अवसे avase	अवोभ्याम् avobhyām	अवोभ्यः avobhyaḥ
Ablative	अवसः avasaḥ	अवोभ्याम् avobhyām	अवोभ्यः avobhyaḥ
Genitive	अवसः avasaḥ	अवसोः avasoḥ	अवसाम् avasām
Locative	अवसि avasi	अवसोः avasoḥ	अवःसु avaḥsu

Etymology 2

See अवर (avara).^[1][2]

Adverb

अवस् • (avas) stem

1. downward
2. down from
3. below

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अवस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 104/3.

1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 132
2. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 73