adjective noun shutting off, barring out withstanding; nt. hindrance, obstruction, bar Vin.i.84 (˚ṃ karoti to prohibit, hinder); Vin.ii.262 (id.); DN.i.246 (syn. of pañca nīvaraṇāni); SN.v.93 sq.; AN.iii.63; Ja.i.78 (an˚); Ja.v.412 (nadiṃ ˚ena bandhāpeti to obstruct or dam off the river); Snp.66 (pahāya pañc’ āvaraṇāni cetaso, cp Cnd.379), Snp.1005 (an˚-dassāviṇ); Pts.i.131 sq.; Pts.ii.158 (an˚) Pp.13; Dhs.1059, Dhs.1136; Vb.341, Vb.342; Mil.21 (dur hard to withstand or oppose)
■ dant˚ “screen of the teeth”, lip Ja.iv.188; Ja.vi.590.

fr. ā + vṛ; cp. āvarati; BSk. āvaraṇa in pañc’ āvaraṇāni Divy.378