avara , m. , a high number: Mvy 7708 , or nt. 7834 , in the latter cited from Gv ; Gv 105.20 , text sattvavarasya, read sattvāvarasya ( gen. ). In Gv 133.2 the item seems to be omitted (in a list which generally corresponds better to Mvy ).
avara a. [ vf-bA° . ap na . ta .] 1 ( a ) Younger (in years); mAsenAvaraH = mAsAvaraH Sk. ( b ) Later; posterior, hinder (in time or space); dakzo vivasvAnavaraH Rām. ; pUrvaje nAvaraH putro jyezWo rAjye' Bizicyate Rām. ; yadavaraM kOSAMbyAH , yadavaramAgrahAyaRyAH P. III. 3. 136-7 Sk. ; rAmAdvarzeRADokzajo'varaH Bop. 2 Following, succeeding; jarAvarAH ( SabdAH ) Ak. ; caturo'varAn Ms. 3. 23. 3 Below, under, lower, inferior, less; varRAvaro BrAtA M. 1. 4 Mean, unimportant, worst, lowest ( opp. uttama ); avyaMgyamavaraM smftaM K. P. 1 ; dUreRa hyavaraM karma budDiyogAdDanaMjaya Bg. 2. 49 ; SraddaDAnaM SuBAM vidyAmAdadItAvarAdapi Ms. 2. 238. 5 Last ( opp. praTama ); sAmAnyamezAM praTamAvaratvaM Ku. 7. 44. 6 Least; usually as the last member of comp. with numerals; tryavarEH sAkziBirBAvyaH Ms. 8. 60 , 3. 187 ; 11. 81 , 12. 110 ; tryavarA parizad jYeyA 112 ; Y. 2. 69. 7 Western. 8 Nearer, next. 9 Most excellent ( atyaMtaSrezWa ). — raH 1 A country behind. 2 Time gone. — rA 1 A Direction. 2 N. of Durgā. — raM The hind thigh of an elephant (also °rA ). Comp. — arDaH 1 the least part, the minimum. 2 the last half. 3 the hinder part of the body. — (rDaM) ind. in a certain succession of parts, successively. °taH ind. from below. — arDya a. [ avarArDe BavaH yat ] 1 being on the lower or near side. 2 belonging to the last half. 3 beginning from below. 4 defective ( nyUna ). — (rDyaM) the least or smallest part. — avara a. lowest, most inferior of all; na hi prakfzwAn prezyAMstu prezayaMtyavarAvarAn Rām. — ukta a. named last. — ja a. 1 younger, junior, born afterwards; Śi. 14. 74. 2 of a low birth, inferior. — (jaH) 1 a younger brother; R. 11. 54 ; 14. 11 , 36. 2 a Śūdra. — (jA) a younger sister; vidarBarAjAvarajA R. 6. 58 , 84 ; 12. 32. — paraM ind. one after another. — puruzAH ( pl. ) one's descendants. — varRa a. belonging to a low caste or tribe. — (rRaH) 1 a Śūdra, a man of the fourth tribe. 2 the last or fourth tribe; Ms. 3. 241 , 9. 248. — varRakaH, -varRajaH a Śūdra. — vrata a. having no vow ( hInavrata or aDamavrata ). — (taH) [ avaraM atyaMtaSrezWaM vratamasya ] 1 the Sun. 2 a kind of tree ( arka ). — SElaH [ avaraH paScAdvartI SElaH ] the western mountain (behind which the sun is supposed to set).
(adj, adj, from ava) inferior; low; below Construction: ava + ra