aDvan m. [ atti balaM; ad-kvanip DAdeSaH Uṇ. 4. 115 ; perhaps from at also] 1 ( a ) A way, road; passage, orbit (of planets &c.); muktADvAnaM ye laMGayeyurBavaMtaM Me. 54. ( b ) Distance, space (traversed or to be traversed); paMcadaSayojanamAtramaDvAnaM jagAma K. 119 , 120 ; kiyatyaDvani sA ujjayinI 207 ; Dk. 13 ; api laMGitamaDvAnaM bubuDe na buDopamaH R. 1. 47 ; ullaMGitADvA Me. 45 ; kAlADvanoratyaMtasaMyoge &c. ( c ) Journey, travel, course, march; nEkaH prapadyetADvAnaM Ms. 4. 60 undertake a journey; aDvasu trizu visfzwamETilaH R. 11. 57 after three marches; pariklAMtaH kilADvanA Ki. 11. 2 way-worn; U. 1. 34 ; Me. 17 , 38 ; aDvA varRakaPasTOlyasOkumAryavinASanaH Suśr. 2 A recension of the Vedas and the school upholding it ( SAKA, avayava ); ekaviMSatyaDvayuktamfgvedamfzayo viduH . sahasrADvA sAmavedo yajurekaSatADvakaM .. aDvA ( pb ) devagatiH SAKA iti paryAyavAcakAH . 3 Time (Kāla), time personified, (being the eater of all). 4 Air; sky, atmosphere. 5 Place. 6 Means, resource; method. 7 Attack ( aDikadurArohaRaM ). aDvan is changed to aDva after prepositions; prADvaH, vyaDvaH &c. Comp. — atiH [ aDvAnamatati , at-i ] 1 a traveller. 2 an intelligent person. — aDipaH, -ISaH [ za . ta .] an officer in charge of the public roads. — ayanaM [ aDvanyayanaM ] journey, travel. — gaH 1 one who travels; a traveller, wayfarer; saMtAnakatarucCAyAsuptavidyADarADvagaM Ku. 6. 46 ( °gAmin ). 2 a camel. 3 a mule. 4 the sun; °BogyaH N. of a tree, Spondias Mangifera (AmrAtakavfkza) aDvagEH ayatnalaByaPalatvAt BogyaH . — (gA) the Ganges. — gat m. [ aDvAnaM gacCati; gam-kvip P. VI. 4. 40 ] a traveller. — gatyaMtaH -gaMtavyaH [ za . ta .] measure of length applicable to roads; deSakAlADvagaMtavyaH Vārt. — jA [ aDvani jAyate; jan-qa ] A plant ( svarRulI or svarRapuzpI ). — patiH 1 the sun ( divEva paTikAnAM gamanAt rAtrO ca gamananizeDAt sUryasya aDvapAlakatvaM or aDvanaH AkASasya patiH ). 2 inspector of the road. — raTaH [ aDvane hitaH paryApto raTaH SAka . ta .] 1 a travelling coach. 2 [ aDvEva raTo yasya ] a messenger skilled in travelling ( paTi prajYo dUtaH ). — SalyaH [ aDvani Salyamiva AcaratIti kvip-ac Tv. ] N. of a tree ( apAmArga ) ( aDvagAnAM pAdavastrAdO SalyavadveDakArakatvAt taTAtvaM ).