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अवतन् [avatan] 8 [U.]
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To stretch or extend downwards; ऋज्वीर्दधानैरवतत्य कन्धराः [Śi.12.18;] विशालमूलावततः (न्यग्रोध) [Hariv.]
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To overspread, cover; नभसि मेघावतते Suśr.; खमवतत्य सलिलदाः [Bṛi. S.24.19.]
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अव-√ तन्
-तनोति (ind.p. -तत्य) to stretch or extend downwards, [Kauś.] ; to overspread, cover, [VarBṛS.] , (Imper. 2. sg. P. -तनु [[AV. vii, 90, 3] ] or -तनुहि [four times in [RV.] ; cf. [Pāṇ. 6-6-4, 106] Comm. ] Ā. -तनुष्व, [RV. ii, 33, 14] ) to loosen, undo (especially a bowstring), [RV.] ; [AV.] ; [ŚBr.]
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