Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

avalamba अवलम्ब – support

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

avalamba ·a. hanging down; m. = seq. n.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Ava-lamba, as, m. hanging down; hanging on or from; depending; resting upon; asylum, depend- ance, support; a prop, a stay; suspender; an ap- pendage; a perpendicular.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective

avalamba 5〉 adj. (f. ā) herabhängend: mālayā — kaṇṭhadeśe 'valambayā R. 7,23,5,12. mālām — gulphadeśāvalambām herabhängend bis zu MBH. 13,982. Hierher auch das u. 1〉 stehende Beispiel MEGH. 71. — Vgl. niravalamba.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

avalamba (von lamb mit ava) m. 1〉 das an-Etwas-Herabhängen, das sich-an-Etwas-Hängen, auf-Etwas-Stützen (auch in übertr. Bed.): tantujālāvalambāḥ (candrakāntāḥ) MEGH. 71. citralekhādattahastāvalambā VIKR. 11,1. kunṛpatibhavanadvārasevāva˚ BHARTṚ. 1,66. — 2〉 Stütze, Anhalt: sāvalambagamanā RAGH. 19,50. nabhasi niravalambe CĀT. 1. saṃtaticchedaniravalanbānāṃ kulānām ŚĀK. 91,12. — 3〉 Anhang: pṛṣṭhyāva˚ N. einer Ceremonie: trikadrukāḥ pṛṣṭhyāvalamba iti paśukāmasyeti ĀŚV. ŚR. 10,3. KĀTY. ŚR. 23,5,2. KĀTY. ŚR. 23,5,14. KĀTY. ŚR. 23,5,28. MAŚ. 7,12_in_Verz. d. B. H. 73. — 4〉 eine senkrechte Linie WILS.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

avalamba — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) herabhängend. — 2〉 m. — a〉 das Hängen an MEGH. 69. — b〉 Halt, Stütze Spr. 6641 v. l. Spr. 7740. — c〉 *senkrechte Linie.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

avalamba herabhängend; m. Halt, Stütze.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

avalamba m. action de se reposer sur, de se suspendre à, de pendre à. Protection, asile.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.67-4.77: Mind and Breath 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.11-3.16: Guru und Śraddhā 1 occurrence

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