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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āvah (आवह्).—1 P.

1) To bring; अग्ने पत्नीरिहावह (agne patnīrihāvaha) Ṛgveda 1.22.9.

2) To bring home (as a bride).

3) To conduce, lead or tend to, produce, bring on; क्रीडमावहति मे स संप्रति (krīḍamāvahati me sa saṃprati) R.11.73 shames me; मनसो रुजमावहन् (manaso rujamāvahan) Ś.3.4 tending to mental anguish; न मे सौख्यमावहति (na me saukhyamāvahati) does not tend to my happiness Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1; संगमम् (saṃgamam) K.174; Manusmṛti 3.82.

4) To pay; गृहीतवेतनः कर्म त्यजन्द्विगुणमावहेत् (gṛhītavetanaḥ karma tyajandviguṇamāvahet) Y.2.193.

5) To lead forth, conduct away.

6) To flow (as blood &c.).

7) To bear, support, wear; मण्डनमावहन्तीम् (maṇḍanamāvahantīm) Ch. P.18.

8) To apply, use, employ; मा रोदीर्धैर्यमावह (mā rodīrdhairyamāvaha) Mārk. P. -Caus.

1) To send for, cause to be brought.

2) To invoke a deity (by means of Mantras); गायत्रीमावाहयामि, गणपतिमा- वाहयामि (gāyatrīmāvāhayāmi, gaṇapatimā- vāhayāmi) &c.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āvah (आवह्).—the same, also bear ([figuratively]), lead home i.e. take to wife; carry or drive away; [intransitive] flow. [Causative] call near, invite ([especially] gods to a sacrifice).

Āvah is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and vah (वह्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āvah (आवह्):—[=ā-√vah] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -vahati, -te, to drive or lead near or towards;

—to bring;

—to fetch, procure, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Pañcatantra] etc.;

—to bring home (a bride), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa];

—to pay, [Yājñavalkya ii, 193];

—to carry away, [Mahābhārata];

—to bear, [Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa];

—to use, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa] :

—[Causal] -vāhayati, to cause to drive or come near;

—to invite, invoke, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa etc.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āvah (आवह्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āvaha.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Ends with (+29): Abhipravah, Abhyavah, Ahavyavah, Ambavah, Anupravah, Anvavah, Apavah, Atipravah, Avavah, Bahala-pallavah, Bharavah, Bhayavah, Dakshinavah, Dhavah, Dityavah, Girvavah, Havyavah, Hotravah, Indravah, Kavyavah.

Full-text (+5): Avaha, Avahana, Samavahati, Avahati, Avodhavai, Odha, Avahya, Niravah, Anvavah, Avahamana, Adhyavahanika, Udavah, Samavah, Abhyavah, Abhyudha, Samudavah, Oddha, Avahanana, Avahani, Ruci.

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