vāmā वामा (ā), f. a beautiful woman, any woman or wife, [Pañcar.]; [Sāh.] a partic. form of Durgā, [Pur.] a partic. Śakti, [Hcat.] N. of Lakṣmī, [W.] of Sarasvatī, [ib.] of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, [MBh.] of the mother of Pārśva (the 23rd Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī), [L.] vāmākṣī वामाक्षी f. = vāmadṛś, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] vāmākṣi वामाक्षि n. = vāma-netra, [L.] vāmācāra वामाचार m. the left-hand practices or doctrines of the Tantras (i.e. the worship of the Śakti or Female Energy personified as the wife of Śiva, as opposed to dakṣiṇācāra, q.v.), [Cat.] mfn. behaving badly or in the wrong way, [Suśr.]; [Pañcar.] vāmāgama वामागम m. = next, [W.] vāmārcis वामार्चिस् mfn. (a fire) flaming towards the left (and so foreboding evil), [MBh.] vāmācārin वामाचारिन् vāmācā°rin m. an adherent of the left-hand practices of the followers of the [Tantras.]; [IW. 523 n. 1] vāmārambha वामारम्भ mfn. refractory, stubborn, [Mālatīm.] vāmāvarta वामावर्त mfn. winding or wound towards the left, [Bhpr.] turned towards the left or west, [Hcat.] vāmāpīḍana वामापीडन (or °mā-p° ?) m. Careya Arborea or Salvadora Persica, [L.] vāmāvacara वामावचर mfn. keeping on the left side, [Lalit.] vāmārcanacandrikā वामार्चनचन्द्रिका vāmārcana-candrikā f. N. of a Tantric wk.