avaBfTaH [ ava-Bf-kTan Uṇ. 2. 3 ] 1 The end or completion of a principal sacrifice. 2 Bathing at the end of a principal sacrifice for purification; nAvaBfTaM sarasvatyAM Kāty. ; BuvaM kozRena kuMqoDnI meDyenAvaBfTAdapi R. 1. 84 ; prItyASvameDAvaBfTArdramUrteH 6. ; 9. 22 ; 11. 31 ; 13. 61 ; Y. 3. 244 ; Ms. 11. 83. 3 Purification by bathing of the sacrificer and the sacrificial vessels at the end of a sacrifice. 4 The water of purification. 5 A supplementary sacrifice to atone for defects in a principal and preceding one; a sacrifice in general; snAtavatyavaBfTe tatastvayi Śi. 14. 10. Comp. — snAnaM ablution after a sacrificial ceremony.