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ava-ṣvan (√svan), -ṣvaṇati (impf. avâṣvaṇat
• perf. p. Ā. -ṣaṣvāṇa) to smack (one's lips) or otherwise make a noise in eating Pāṇ. 8-3, 63 seqq. (cf. ava-√svan.)