आवह्

{ āvah }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आ-√ वह्    P. Ā. -वहति, -ते, to drive or lead near or towards;

to bring;

to fetch, procure, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [Pañcat.] &c.;

to bring home (a bride), [MBh.]; [Hariv.];

to pay, [Yājñ. ii, 193];

to carry away, [MBh.];

to bear, [R.]; [Hariv.];

to use, [MārkP.] :

Caus. -वाहयति, to cause to drive or come near;

to invite, invoke, [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [MBh.]; [R. &c.]

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आ √ वह्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

आवह् [āvah]   1 [P.]
To bring; अग्ने पत्नीरिहावह [Rv.1.22.9.]
To bring home (as a bride).
To conduce, lead or tend to, produce, bring on; क्रीडमावहति मे स संप्रति [R.11.73] shames me; मनसो रुजमावहन् &Sacute.3.4 tending to mental anguish; न मे सौख्यमावहति does not tend to my happiness [Pt.1;] संगमम् [K.174;] [Ms.3.82.]
To pay; गृहीतवेतनः कर्म त्यजन्द्विगुणमावहेत् [Y.2.193.]
To lead forth, conduct away.
To flow (as blood &c.).
To bear, support, wear; मण्डनमावहन्तीम् [Ch. P.18.]
To apply, use, employ; मा रोदीर्धैर्यमावह Mārk. P. -Caus.
To send for, cause to be brought.
To invoke a deity (by means of Mantras); गायत्रीमावाहयामि, गणपतिमा- वाहयामि &c.