tawaH [ taw-ac ] 1 A slope, declivity, precipice. 2 The sky or horizon. 3 An epithet of Śiva. — waH -wA , — wI, -waM 1 The shore or bank, declivity, slope; SIlaM SElatawAtpatatu Bh. 2. 39 ; prottuMgaciMtAtawI Bh. 3. 45 ; siMDostawAvoGa iva pravfdDaH Ku. 3. 6 ; U. 3. 8 ; uccAraRAtpakzigaRAstawIstaM Śi. 4. 18. 2 ( pb ) A term applied to certain parts of the body which have, as it were, sloping sides; padmApayoDaratawIpariraMBalagna Gīt. 1 ; no luptaM saKi caMdanaM stanatawe Ś. Til. 7 ; so jaGanatawa, kawitawa, SroRItawa, kucatawa , kaMWatawa, lalAwatawa &c. — waM A field. Comp. — AGAtaH butting, striking against a bank or declivity; aByasyaMti tawAGAtaM nirjitErAvatA gajAH Ku. 2. 50. — sTa a. 1 ( lit. ) situated on a bank or declivity. 2 ( fig. ) standing aloof, neutral, indifferent, alien, passive; tawasTaH svAnarTAn Gawayati ca mOnaM ca Bajate Māl. 1. 14 ; tawasTaM nErASyAt U. 3. 13 ; mayA tazwasTastvamupadrutosi N. 3. 55 (where tawasTa has sense 1. also). — (sTaH) an indifferent person, one neither a friend nor a foe. — (sTaM) that property or lakzaRa of a thing which is distinct from its nature, and yet is the property by which it is known; e. g. gaMDavattva in the case of pfTvI .