Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

aṃsa अंस – shoulder

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

áṃsa ·m. shoulder.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

aṃsa aṃsa, as, m. (fr. rt. am), the shoulder, shoulder-blade; N. of a king; a share, see aṃśa; (au), m. du. the two shoulders or angles of an altar [cf. Goth. amsa; Gr. ἄσιλλα Lat. humerus, ansa].

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. aṃsa m. Theil AK. 2,9,9, v. l. H. an. 2,574. VIŚVA_im_ŚKDR. — S. aṃśa.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

2. áṃsa 1〉 Schulter, m.n. AK. 2,6,2,29. H. 588, Sch. m. ṚV. 1,64,4. ṚV. 5,54,11. VS. 20,8. VS. 25,3. YĀJÑ. 3,87. ŚAK. 29. ŚAK. 58. beim Rinde AIT. BR. 2,6. — 2〉 aṃsau die beiden oberen Arme des Altars (vgl. śroṇi) ŚAT. BR. 3,5,1,5. ŚAT. BR. 3,5,1,6. KĀTY. 5,4,14. MAHĪDH._zu_VS. 5,12. — 3〉 Name eines Königs KŪRMA-P._im_VP. 423, N. 26.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

2. aṃsa vgl. 2. aṃśa; aṃsapīṭha s. u. pīṭha, aṃsaphalaka u. phalaka.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

áṃsa m. — 1〉 Schulter Chr. 112,1. Chr. 129,11 — 2〉 Ecke eines Vierecks ŚULBAS. 1,34. 40. — 3〉 Du. die beiden oberen Arme des Altars.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

aṃsaḥ [aṃs karmabhāvādau ac] 1 A part, portion; See aṃśa. 2 The shoulder, shoulder-blade. 3 N. of a Prince. — (sau) The two angles of an altar. [cf. Goth. amsa; L. ansa, humerus; Gr. asilla.] Comp. — kūṭaḥ [aṃsaḥ kūṭa iva bṛhattvāt] a bull's hump, the protuberance between the shoulders; rājanyoccāṃsakūṭakrathanapaṭuraṭadghoradhāraḥ kuṭhāraḥ Prab. 1. 7 — traṃ [upa. sa.] 1 an armour to protect the shoulders. 2 a bow. — phalakaḥ the upper part of the spine. — bhāraḥ (aṃse˚) [aṃse dhṛto bhāraḥ śāka. ta. vā aluk] a burden or yoke put upon the shoulder. — bhārika, — bhārin a. (aṃse˚) [bhastrādi gaṇa, aṃsa (se) bhāreṇa harati; ṣṭhan] bearing a yoke or burden on the shoulder. — vivartin a. [upa. sa.] turned towards the shoulders; mukhamaṃsavivarti pakṣmalākṣyāḥ Ś. 3. 26.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

áṃsa m. Schulter.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

aṃsa aṃsa m. Cf. aṃśa. — aṃsala, cf. aṃśala. aṃsakūṭa m. (kūṭa bosse) bosse entre les épaules du bœuf indien.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 2.34-2.36: Naulī and Kapālabhātī 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

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