avasTA 1 A. 1 To remain, stay, abide; tena saha suKamavatizWaMte K. 108 ; oft. with an adj. or adv. ; vilokayaMtI tAvadavatasTe 205 ; pAdO vizwaBya; kzaRaM BadrAvatizWasva Bk. 8. 11 stay, wait; anItvA paMkatAM DUlimudakaM nAvatizWate Śi. 2. 34. 2 To abide by, conform to, obey; na SAsane'vAsTita yo gurURAM Bk. 3. 14. 3 To live; kzaRamapyavatizWate Svasan yadi jaMturnanu lABavAnasO R. 8. 87. 4 To stand (still), make a halt, stop; Bg. 1. 30 , 14. 23 ; R. 2. 31 , Ku. 3. 42 , Śi. 9. 83. 5 To stand, exist, chance to be. 6 To fall to, devolve on. 7 To enter; reach, attain to. 8 To stand apart, go off, withdraw. 9 To descend; go to. 10 To place ( Ved. ) — Caus. ( sTApayati te ) 1 To cause to stand or stop, station, keep, place; paScAdavasTApitavAhinIkaH R. 13. 66 ; skaMDAvAramavasTApya Dk. 174 having encamped; BikzApAtraM nAgadaMtake'vasTApya H. 1 , 3. 2 To fix, settle; Sakyo'vasTApayituM Mu. 1. 3 To establish, found; dvErAjyamavasTApayitukAmosmi M. 5. 4 To compose, collect, steady, fix (as heart &c.); na Saknomi hfdayamavasTApayituM U. 4. 5 To comfort, console. 6 To separate, divide.