avasTA
ava-√ sTA P. -tizWati ( impf. -atizWat ; aor. Subj. -sTAt ; perf. Ā. 3. sg. -tasTe ; perf. p. P. -tasTiva/s ) to go down into ( acc. ), reach down to ( acc. ), RV. ; ŚBr. ; ( aor. Subj. 2. pl. -sTAta ), to go away from ( abl. ), RV. v, 53, 8 ; ( aor. Subj. 1. sg. -sTAm ) to be separated from or deprived of ( abl. ), RV. ii, 27, 17 : Ā. ( Pāṇ. i, 3, 22 ; rarely P. , e.g. Bhag. xiv, 23 ; BhP. &c.) to take one's stand, remain standing, ĀśvGṛ. &c.; to stay, abide, stop at any place ( loc. ), MBh. &c.; to abide in a state or condition ( instr. ), MBh. i, 5080 ; BhP. &c.; (with ind.p. ) to remain or continue (doing anything), MBh. i, 5770 ; iii, 187 ( ed. Bomb. ), &c.; to be found, exist, be present, MBh. ; Yājñ. i, 272 , &c.; ( perf. 1. sg. -tasTe ) to fall to, fall into the possession of ( dat. ), RV. x, 48, 5 ; to enter, be absorbed in ( loc. ), Mn. vi, 81 ; to penetrate (as sound or as fame), MBh. xiii, 1845 : Pass. -sTIyate , to be settled or fixed or chosen, Śak. : Caus. (generally ind.p. -sTApya ) to cause to stand or stop (as a carriage or an army &c.), let behind, MBh. &c.; to place upon ( loc. ), fix, set, array, ĀśvGṛ. &c.; to cause to enter or be absorbed in ( loc. ), MBh. iii, 12502 ; to render solid or firm, R. v, 35, 36 ; to establish (by arguments) Comm. on Nyāyad. : Pass. Caus. -sTApyate , to be kept firm [‘to be separated’, BR. ] BhP.