avalaMb 1 A. 1 ( a ) To hang, slip or glide down, hang down, be suspended; kanakaSfMKalAvalaMbinI Mu. 2 suspended by a golden chain; stanavadavalaMbateH yaH kaMWe'jAnAM maRiH sa vijYeyaH Bṛ. S. 65. 3 ; SAKAyAM mftakamavalaMbitamAste Vet. ( b ) To rest, recline, sink down, remain; yasya vacanAttatrAvalaMbitAH H. 1. 2 To catch hold of, hold, cling to, throw or support oneself on, lean on, rest on; yayO tadIyAmavalaMbya cAMguliM R. 3. 25 ; urvaSI rAjAnamavalaMbate V. 1 ; daMqakAzWamavalabyaM sTitaH Ś. 2 ; citraleKAhastAvalaMbitA V. 1 leaning on, supported by; K. 17 , 185. 3 To hold up, bear up, support, sustain, take up; avalaMbyatAM putraH Ś. 7 ; hastenAvalaMbyorvaSIM V. 3 ; hfdayamavalalaMbe rAtrisaMBogalakzmIH Ki. 9. 78 ; aDIkArAnavalaMbya Ku. 2. 18 ; hfdayaM na tvavalaMbituM kzamAH R. 8. 60 ; nAtmanEvAvalaMbe Me. 109 ; hastena tasTAvavalaMbya vAsaH R. 7. 9 ; Ku. 3. 55 , 6. 68 ; 7. 58 ; tadarhasyA jIvitamavalaMbituM Ś. 3 ; Dk. 162 ; Ve. 4 ; M. 3 ; V. 2 ; Mu. 5 ; K. 163. 4 To depend on or upon, hang or hinge on; sarvo'yaM janastvAmavalaMbate Bk. 18. 41 ; vyavahAroyaM cArudattamavalaMbate, vasaMtasenAmAtaramavalaMbate Mk. 9 ; Bhāṣā P. 167. 5 To have recourse to, resort to; nErASyamavalaMbitaM H. 1 ; vyaTAM Bk. 7. 71 ; vEklavyaM Māl. 8 to give way to despair; DEryamavalaMb to summon or pluck up courage, not to despair; mADyasTyamizwe' pyavalaMbate'rTe Ku. 1. 52 ; dAkziRyamavalaMbya M. 2 politely; K. 155 ; Ki. 2. 15 ; K. 220 ; ASAM to cherish hopes; kiM ( pb ) svAtaMtryamavalaMbase Ś. 5 act wantonly, quite independently; avalaMbyottarAM diSaM Ks. 37. 33 taking the northern direction. 6 To be slow or tardy, be late. — Caus. 1 To cause to hang down, suspend; taM kalaSaM nAgadaMte'valaMbya Pt. 4. 2 To make one rest upon or catch hold of.