ava-thá m. membrum virile AV. vii, 90, 3 (cf. upá-stha)

• (ā), f. appearance (in a court of justice) Mn. viii, 6o

• 'stability, consistence', cf. anavastka

• state, condition, situation (five are distinguished in dramas Sāh.), circumstance of age [Pāṇ. v, 4, 146 ; vi, 2, i 15, &c.] or position, stage, degree

• (ā́s), f. pl. the female organs of generation RV. v, 19, 1