avasTaH The membrum virile. — sTA [ ava-sTA-aN ] 1 State, condition, situation; svAmino mahatyavasTA vartate ( pb ) Pt. 1 a critical state; tadanu kaTayermADavIyAmavasTAM Māl. 9. 26 ; tulyAvasTaH svasuH kftaH R. 12. 80 ; tAM tAmavasTAM pratipadyamAnaM 13. 5 ; IdfSImavasTAMprapannosmi Ś. 5 ; Ku. 2. 6 ; sarva° Me. 108 ; oft. in comp. ; tadavasTaH Pt. 5. reduced to that state; etad°, bAlAvasTaH aDipatiH V. 5 ; aMtyAvasTA Pt. 4 ; so kAmayamAnAvasTo rAjA Ś. 3 ; sPuliMgAvasTayA vahniH 7. 15 ; aMtarmadAvasTo dvipeMdraH R. 2. 7 rutting state. 2 Position, circumstance. 3 Period, stage (of life &c.); yOvana° ; vayovasTAM tasyAH SfRuta Māl. 9. 29. 4 Form, appearance. 5 Degree, proportion. 6 Stability, fixity, as in anavasTa q. v. 7 Appearance in a court of law; kftAvasTo DanEziRA Ms. 8. 60. 8 The female organ of generation. Comp. — aMtaraM another or altered state; °raM AropitA Ś. 3 , 5. — catuzwayaM the four periods or states of human life; i. e. bAlyaM (childhood); kOmAraM (youth); yOvanaM (manhood); and vArDakaM (old age). — trayaM the three states; i. e. jAgfti (waking), svapna (dreaming), and suzupti (sound sleep). — daSakaM the ten states of lovers; dfN manaH saMgasaMkalpO jAgaraH kfSatA'ratiH . hrItyAgonmAdamUrCAMtA ityanaMgadaSA daSa .. D. R. — dvayaM the two states of life i. e. suKaM and duHKaM (happiness and misery). — zawkaM the six states of an action mentioned by Yāska; jAyate'sti varDate vipariRamate'pakzIyate naSyati Nir.