avalamb
ava-√ lamb -lambate ( ind.p. -lambya , exceptionally P. , e.g. Pot. -lambet , MBh. i, 8443 ed. Bomb. ) to hang down, glide or slip down, descend, TUp. &c.; ( pr. p. P. -lambat ) to set (as the sun), MBh. iv, 1040 ; to catch hold of, cling to, hang to, hold on or support one's self by, rest upon as a support, depend upon (generally acc. ; but also loc. [ MBh. i, 8443 ] or instr. [ Megh. 108 ]), to hold up anything (to prevent its falling down), Śak. ; Ragh. vii, 9 , &c.; to enter a state or condition ( as mAyAm , mAnuzyatvam , DEryam , &c.); to devote one's self to ( acc. ), Kum. ii, 15 ; ‘to incline towards’, choose as a direction, Kathās. : Caus. ( ind.p. -lambya ) to hang up, Pañcat. ; Kathās. ; to grasp (for support), Mālav.