avatan | अवतन् | avatan
ava-√ tan | अव-√ तन् | -tanoti | -तनोति | (ind.p. -tatya | -तत्य |) to stretch or extend downwards, Kauś.; to overspread, cover, VarBṛS., (Imper. 2. sg. P. -tanu | -तनु | [AV. vii, 90, 3] or -tanuhi | -तनुहि | [four times in RV.; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 106 Comm.] Ā. -tanuśva | -तनुश्व |, RV. ii, 33, 14) to loosen, undo (especially a bowstring), RV.; AV.; ŚBr.