avatan
ava-√ tan -tanoti ( ind.p. -tatya ) to stretch or extend downwards, Kauś. ; to overspread, cover, VarBṛS. , ( Imper. 2. sg. P. -tanu [ AV. vii, 90, 3 ] or -tanuhi [four times in RV. ; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 106 Comm. ] Ā. -tanuzva , RV. ii, 33, 14 ) to loosen, undo (especially a bowstring), RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr.