to dry up, to wither; in later quotations of the old kāmaṃ taco ca nahāru ca aṭṭhi ca avasussatu (upasussatu sarīre maṃsalohitaṃ Ja.i.71, Ja.i.110; Sdhp.46. It is a later spelling for the older avas …

…the latter phrases cp. avasussati.

Sk. avaśiṣyate; Pass. of ava + śis; but expl^d. by Kern,

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