AvAhaka
āvāhaka , f. °ikā , adj. (to Skt. ā-vah-), bringing in, introductive, inductive : Bbh 97.12 āvāhaka-hetuḥ (one of 10 kinds of hetu); 98.1 (tat punar bījanirvṛttaṃ) phalam uttarasya bījākṣiptaphalasyāvāhakahetuḥ; 99.26 (… tasyāḥ sasyaniṣpatteḥ sasya-)-paripākasyāvāhakahetuḥ; AsP 203.10 (sā … prajñāpāramitā na kasyacit dharmasyāveśikā) vā … āvāhikā vā nirvāhikā vā.
(masc, masc, agent, from āvahati) who seeks a bride for one's son [lit.] carrying here Construction: ā + √vah > vāh + *aka