avasad 1 P. 1 To sink down, faint, fail, give way; kariRI paMkamivAvasIdati Ki. 2. 6 sinks or fails; pOruzaM 7 ; avasIdaMti me prARAH Mb. ; na hIMgitajYo'vasare'vasIdati Ki. 4. 20 fails not (does not shut his lips); na kfcCrezvavasIdati Mb. ; Ms. 4. 187 , Bk. 6. 24. 2 To suffer, be neglected or interfered with; nAvasIdati vA guru prayojanaM K. 181. 3 To become disheartened or exhausted; Dk. 127. 4 To perish, come to an end, be ruined; sarvamasmatkuwuMbakamavasIdet Dk. 60 ; nAstyudyamasamo baMDuH kftvA yaM nAvasIdati Bh. 2. 86. — Caus. 1 To cause to sink; to dispirit, render ( pb ) downhearted, to ruin; kuwuMbakaM cAvasAditaM Dk. 41 , ruined; AtmAnamAtmanA' navasAdyEvodDaraMti saMtaH 54 without ruining or killing; Bg. 6. 5 ; rAjyasya mUlaM hastyaSvamavasAdayet Mu. 3. ruin. 2 To allay, remove; OtsukyamAtramavasAdayati pratizWA Ś. 5. 6 ; ayamahamavasAdayAmi vaH sapatnAn Dk. 127 destroy, kill; avasAditavAcAM Śi. 10. 30 rendered speechless.