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vāma

m. (for 2. and 3. See col. 2) the act of vomiting g. jvalādi


vāmá mf(I/ or A)n. (fr. √ 1. van; for 1. See col. 1) lovely, dear, pleasant, agreeable, fair, beautiful, splendid, noble, [RV.] &c. &c.


(ifc.) striving after, eager for, intent upon, fond of [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Rājat.]


vāmá m. the female breast, [L.]


the god of love, [L.]


N. of Śiva, [BhP.]


of a Rudra, [ib.]


of Varuṇa, [L.]


(with Śaivas) = vāma-deva-guhya, [Sarvad.]


of a son of Ṛcīka, [MBh.] (B. rāma)


of a son of Kṛṣṇa and Bhadrā, [BhP.]


of a prince (son of Dharma), [Cat.]


of a son of Bhaṭṭa-nārāyaṇa, [Kṣitīś.] (cf. -deva)


of one of the Moon's horses, [VP.]


vāmá m. or n. a kind of pot-herb, Chenopodium Album, [L.]


vāmá n. a lovely thing, any dear or desirable good (as gold, horses &c.), wealth, fortune, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [ChUp.]


vāmá mfn. relating to a mare, [Pat.] (cf. under ī f. above).


vā́ma mf(A)n. (perhaps originally identical with 2. above) left, not right, being or situated on the left side, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (the quivering of the left eye or arm is supposed to be a good omen in women and of the left arm a bad omen in men)


reverse, adverse, contrary, opposite, unfavourable, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]


crooked, oblique (am ind. sideways), [BhP.]


refractory, coy (in love), [Sāh.]


acting in the opposite way or differently, [Śak. iv, 18]


hard, cruel, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]


vile, wicked, base, low, bad, [Kir.]


vā́ma m. or n. the left side (vāmād dakṣiṇam, from the left to the right; vāmena, on the left side), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]


vā́ma m. the left hand, [RāmatUp.]


a snake, [L.]


an animal, sentient being, [L.]


vā́ma n. adversity, misfortune, [Kathās.]


the left-hand practices of the followers of the Tantras (= vāmācāra, q.v.), [Cat.]