Āvaraṇa (adj. -- n.) [fr. ā + vṛ, cp. āvarati; BSk. āvaraṇa in pañcɔ āvaraṇāni Divy 378] shutting off, barring out, withstanding; nt. hindrance, obstruction, bar Vin i.84 (˚ŋ karoti to prohibit, hinder); ii.262 (id.); D i.246 (syn. of pañca nīvaraṇāni); S v.93 sq.; A iii.63; J i.78 (an˚); v.412 (nadiŋ ˚ena bandhāpeti to obstruct or dam off the river); Sn 66 (pahāya pañcɔ āvaraṇāni cetaso, cp. Nd2 379), 1005 (an˚ -- dassāviṇ); Ps i.131 sq.; ii.158 (an˚); Pug 13; Dhs 1059, 1136; Vbh 341, 342; Miln 21 (dur˚ hard to withstand or oppose). -- dant˚ "screen of the teeth", lip J iv.188; vi.590.