avalamb | अवलम्ब् | avalamb
ava-√ lamb | अव-√ लम्ब् | -lambate | -लम्बते | (ind.p. -lambya | -लम्ब्य |, exceptionally P., e.g. Pot. -lambet | -लम्बेत् |, MBh. i, 8443 ed. Bomb.) to hang down, glide or slip down, descend, TUp. &c.; (pr. p. P. -lambat | -लम्बत् |) to set (as the sun), MBh. iv, 1040; to catch hold of, cling to, hang to, hold on or support one's self by, rest upon as a support, depend upon (generally acc.; but also loc. [MBh. i, 8443] or instr. [Megh. 108]), to hold up anything (to prevent its falling down), Śak.; Ragh. vii, 9, &c.; to enter a state or condition (as māyām | अस् मायाम् |, mānuśyatvam | मानुश्यत्वम् |, ḍEryam | ड्Eर्यम् |, &c.); to devote one's self to (acc.), Kum. ii, 15; ‘to incline towards’, choose as a direction, Kathās. : Caus. (ind.p. -lambya | -लम्ब्य |) to hang up, Pañcat.; Kathās.; to grasp (for support), Mālav.