ava-√lamb -lambate (ind. p. -lambya, exceptionally P., e.g. Pot. -lambet MBh. i, 8443, ed. Bomb.) to hang down, glide or slip down, descend TUp. &c

• (pr. p. P. -lambat) to set (as the sun) MBh. iv, 1040

• to catch hold of. cling to, hang to, hold on or support one's self by, rest upon as a support, depend upon (generally acc

• but also loc. [MBh. i, 8443] or instr. ṃegh. 108), to hold up anything (to prevent its falling down) Śak. Ragh. vii, 9, &c

• to enter a state or condition (as māyām, mānuṣyatvam, dhairyam, &c.)

• to devote one's self to (acc.) Kum. ii, 15

• 'to incline towards choose as a direction Kathās.: Caus. (ind. p. -lambya) to hang up Pañcat. Kathās

• to grasp (for support) Mālav