अवस्थाavasthā

अवस्था (avasthā) is a Sanskrit word meaning to go down into or reach down to, to go away from or be separated from, to abide in a state or condition, to remain or continue doing anything, to be found, exist, or be present, to fall into the possession of. Its 30 recorded definitions are grouped into 16 contexts, among them State or Condition, Verb (Causative): To Position, Halt or Fix, Verb: To Stay, Exist, or Persist.

Root: स्था (sthā)
Definitions: 30

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Meanings by context

State or Condition

5 definitions

1. State, condition, situation, or position. 2. Circumstance of age. 3. Stage or degree.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

State, condition, situation, or circumstance of age or position.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

State or condition.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

State, condition, situation, or circumstance of age or position.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

state, condition

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Verb (Causative): To Position, Halt or Fix

4 definitions

To place

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To cause to stand or stop, station, keep, or place.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To fix or settle

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

to take one's stand, remain standing, stay, abide, stop, stand apart, or stand by or near

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Verb: To Stay, Exist, or Persist

4 definitions

1. To remain, stay, or abide. 2. To wait.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To live

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To stand still, halt, or stop.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To stand, exist, or chance to be

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Genital Organs

2 definitions

membrum virile

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the female organs of generation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Legal Appearance

2 definitions

appearance in a court of justice

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. State. 2. Condition.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Stability or Consistence

2 definitions

stability, consistence

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. State or condition. 2. Situation or circumstance. 3. Stability. 4. Degree or proportion. 5. Stage or period, such as in life. 6. Appearance in a court of justice.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Verb: To Reach, Enter, or Devolve Upon

2 definitions

To fall to or devolve on

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To enter, reach, or attain

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

State (Participial): Being Stationed or Engaged

1 definition

appearance in court, state, condition, or circumstance

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Verb (Causative): To Comfort or Console

1 definition

To comfort or console

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Verb (Causative): To Compose or Steady (the mind)

1 definition

To compose, collect, steady, or fix

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Verb (Causative): To Establish or Found

1 definition

To establish or found.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Verb (Causative): To Separate or Divide

1 definition

To separate or divide.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Verb (Passive Causative): To Be Kept Firm

1 definition

1. To go down into or reach down to. 2. To go away from or be separated from. 3. To take one's stand, remain standing, stay, abide, or stop at any place. 4. To abide in a state or condition. 5. To remain or continue doing anything. 6. To be found, exist, or be present. 7. To fall into the possession of. 8. To enter or be absorbed in. 9. To penetrate as sound or fame.

(H1) [Printed book page 105,3]
अव- (ava-)√स्था (√sthā) a P. -तिष्ठति (-tiṣṭhati) (impf. -अतिष्ठत् (-atiṣṭhat); aor. Subj. -स्थात (-sthāta)् (-sthāt); perf. Ā. 3. sg. -तस्थे (-tasthe); perf. p. P. -तस्थिवस् (-tasthivas))
to go down into (acc.), reach down to (acc.), Ṛg-veda (Title) ; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) ;
(aor. Subj. 2. pl. -स्थात (-sthāta)), to go away from (abl.), Ṛg-veda (Title) v, 53, 8;
(aor. Subj. 1. sg. -स्थाम् (-sthām)) to be separated from or deprived of (abl.), Ṛg-veda (Title) ii, 27, 17 : Ā. (Pāṇini (Author) i, 3, 22; rarely P., e.g. Bhagavad-gītā (Title) xiv, 23 ; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) &c.)
to take one's stand, remain standing, Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (Title) &c.
to stay, abide, stop at any place (loc.), Mahābhārata (Title) &c.
to abide in a state or condition (instr.), Mahābhārata (Title) i, 5080; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) &c.
(with ind.p.) to remain or continue (doing anything), Mahābhārata (Title) i, 5770; iii, 187 (ed. Bomb.), &c.
to be found, exist, be present, Mahābhārata (Title) ; Yājñavalkya (Author) i, 272 , &c.
(perf. 1. sg. -तस्थे (-tasthe)) to fall to, fall into the possession of (dat.), Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 48, 5;
to enter, be absorbed in (loc.), Manu-smṛti (Title) vi, 81 ;
to penetrate (as sound or as fame), Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 1845 :
Pass. -स्थीयते (-sthīyate), to be settled or fixed or chosen, Śakuntalā (Title) :
Caus. (generally ind.p. -स्थाप्य (-sthāpya)) to cause to stand or stop (as a carriage or an army &c.), let behind, Mahābhārata (Title) &c.
to place upon (loc.), fix, set, array, Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (Title) &c.
to cause to enter or be absorbed in (loc.), Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 12502;
to render solid or firm, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) v, 35, 36;
to establish (by arguments) Comm. on Nyāya (Literary category) :
Pass. Caus. -स्थाप्य (-sthāpya)ते (-sthāpyate), to be kept firm [‘to be separated’, Böhtlingk and Roth’s Sanskrit-Wörterbuch (Title) ] Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ID=18389]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Verb: To Adhere to or Obey

1 definition

1. To abide by. 2. To conform to. 3. To obey.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Verb: To Depart, Withdraw, or Be Separated

1 definition

To stand apart, go off, or withdraw.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Verb: To Descend or Move Downwards

1 definition

To descend or go to

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.