आवस्

{ āvas }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आ   -√ 5. वस् P. -वसति, to abide, dwell;

to spend (time), [RV.]; [MBh.]; [MārkP.];

to enter, inhabit;

to take possession of [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.;

to sleep with, [Mn.] :

Caus. -वासयति, to cause or allow any one to dwell or abide;

to receive hospitably, [R.]; [Rājat.];

to inhabit, settle in a place, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [Kathās. &c.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

आवस् [āvas]   1 P. (With acc.)
   To inhabit, dwell in; रविमावसते सतां क्रियायै [V.3.7;] पुरीमिमामावसत् Rām.; sometimes with loc.; [Ms.7.69;] रम्यं पशव्यमाजीव्यं जाङ्गलं देशमावसेत् [Y.1.321.]
   To be occupied or engaged, enter upon; गृहस्थाश्रमम् [Ms.3.2.]
   To take part carnally; cohabit. गुरोस्तल्पमावसन् [Ch. up.5.1.9.]
   To pass, spend (as night). -Caus.
   To allow one to dwell, receive hospitably.
   To inhabit, settle in a place.
   To halt or encamp (for the night).

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : प्रविश्