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अवत (avata)

 
Capeller Eng
English
अवत॑
m.
 well, cistern.
Apte
English
अवतः [avatḥ], [अव-अटच् वेदे पृषो ˚टस्य तः] A well, cistern.
Apte 1890
English
अवतः [अव-अटच् वेदे पृ° टस्य तः] A well, cistern.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अवत॑ a
m.
 a well, cistern,
RV.
 (cf. अवत्क॑.)
अवत॑ b See above
s.v.
 अवट॑.
Monier Williams 1872
English
अवत, अस्, m., Ved. a well, a cistern.
Macdonell
English
अवत ava-tá,
m.
 well.
Benfey
English
अवत अवत,
m.
 A well, Chr. 292,
10 = Rigv. i. 85, 10.
Vedic Reference
English
Avata, a word occurring several times in the Rigveda, ^1 denotes
a well, artificially made (khan ‘to dig’) in contrast with a spring
(utsa), though the latter expression is also applied to an artificial
well. Such wells were covered by the makers, ^2 and are described
as unfailing (a-kṣita) and full of water.^3 The water was raised
by a wheel (cakra) of stone, to which was fastened a strap
(varatrā), with a pail (kośa)^4 attached to it. When raised it was
poured (siñc) into buckets (āhāva) of wood.^5 Sometimes those
wells appear to have been used for irrigation purposes, the water
being led off into broad channels (sārmī suṣirā).^6
1) i. 55, 8
85, 10. 11
116, 9, 22
130, 2
iv. 17, 16
50, 3
viii. 49, 6
62, 6
72, 10, 12
x. 25, 4
101,
5. 7. Cf. Nirukta, v. 26.
2) Rv. i. 55, 8.
3) Rv. x. 101, 6, etc.
4) Aṃsatra-kośam, Rv. x. 101, 7, is best
thus rendered. For the stone wheel
(aśma-cakra) which was above (uccā-
cakra), see Rv. x. 101, 7
viii. 72, 10. For
the varatrā, see Rv. x. 101, 6. Perhaps
kū-cakra in Rv. x. 102, 11, is another
name for the wheel, but cf. St. Peters-
burg Dictionary, s.v.
5) Rv. x. 101, 6. 7.
6) Rv. viii. 69, 12. Cf. Zimmer,
Altindisches Leben, 156, 157
Geldner,
Vedische Studien, 2, 14.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
अवत
पु०
 अव--अटच् वेदे पृ० टस्य तः । अवटरूपे कूपादौनिरु० “सिक्तमवतम्” ऋ० १, १३०, २ “अवतमवटमिति”भा० “अवते न कोशम्” ऋ० ४, १७, १६ ।
Capeller
German
अवत॑
m.
 Brunnen.
Grassman
German
avatá, m., der Brunnen, als der in die Tiefe hinabreichende [von áva, herab].
-ás {1018, 6}
{1019, 6}.
-ám {85, 10}. _{85, 11}
{130, 2}
{215, 4}
{280, 4}
{681, 10}. _{681, 12}
{927, 5}—_{927, 7}.
-ā́t {116, 22}.
-ásya visárjane {681, 11}.
-é {313, 16}.
-ā́s {346, 3}.
-ā́sas {55, 8}.
-ā́n {671, 6}
{851, 4}.
avatá
(SV. avaṭá):
-ám {116, 9}.