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.]