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aṅga

aṅgá ind. a particle implying attention, assent or desire, and sometimes impatience; it may be rendered by well;


indeed, true; please; rather; quick


kim aṅga, how much rather!


áṅga n. (√ am, [Uṇ.]), a limb of the body


a limb, member


the body


a subordinate division or department, especially of a science, as the six Vedāṅgas


hence the number six


N. of the chief sacred texts of the Jainas


a limb or subdivision of Mantra or counsel (said to be five, viz. 1. karmaṇām ārambhopāyaḥ, means of commencing operations; 2. puruṣa-dravya-sampad, providing men and materials; 3. deśa-kāla-vibhāga, distribution of place and time; 4. vipatti-pratīkāra, counter-action of disaster; 5. kārya-siddhi, successful accomplishment; whence mantra is said to be pañcāṅga)


any subdivision, a supplement


(in Gr.) the base of a word, but in the strong cases only, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 13] seqq.


anything inferior or secondary, anything immaterial or unessential, See aṅga-tā


(in rhetoric) an illustration


(in the drama) the whole of the subordinate characters


an expedient


a mental organ, the mind, [L.]


áṅga m. sg. or pl. N. of Bengal proper or its inhabitants


áṅga m. (sg.), N. of a king of Aṅga


áṅga mfn. having members or divisions, [L.]


áṅga m. contiguous, [L.]