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vāma वाम – left; left-hand; lovely

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

left; left-hand; lovely

Cappeller 1891 adjective · Word type unspecified

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vāmá1 ·f. ī́ & ā dear, pleasant, lovely, beautiful; fond of, eager or greedy for (--°). m. E. of Śiva, a man's name. f. vāmā a (beautiful) woman; f. vāmī a female or she- (ass, camel etc.); n. anything dear or precious, wealth, goods, etc.

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vā́ma2 ·a. left (not right), adverse, contrary, refractory, stubborn, prude, coy, cruel, wicked, bad; n. adversity, mischief. Abstr. °tāÅ f., °tvaÅ n.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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1. vāma, as, m. (for 2. see below), the act of vomiting.

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vāma 2 . vāma, as, ā or ī, am (according to Uṇādi-s. 1. 139. fr. rt. 2. vā; according to others fr. rt. 1. van, ‘to hurt or to like’), reverse, adverse, opposite, contrary, inverted; left, not right; crooked; bad, vile, base, wicked; short; beautiful, handsome, pleasing; (as), m., N. of Śiva; of Kāma (god of love); a breast, udder; a pot-herb, Chenopodium Album; an animal, sentient being; a snake; (am), n. anything desirable or pleasing, wealth, possessions; (ā), f. a woman; N. of Gaurī; of Lakṣmī; of Sarasvatī; (ī), f. a mare; a she-ass; a young female elephant; the female of the jackal; [cf. Old Germ. winistar; Angl. Sax. wynstre.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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1. vāmá (von 1. van; wie dhūma von 1. dhvan) 1〉 adj. (f. ī, in der späteren Sprache ā) a〉 werth, lieb; gefällig, gut, schön; = vananīya NIR. 4,26. NIR. 6,31. NIR. 11,46. = valgu, cāru AK. 3,4,23,146. H. 1444. H. an. 2,336. fg. MED. m. 29. fg. HALĀY. 4,4. iṣàḥ ṚV. 3,53,1. vasu ṚV. 6,19,5. ṚV. 8,1,31. gṛhapati ṚV. 6,53,2. atithi ṚV. 10,122,1. praṇīti ṚV. 69,1. ṚV. 1,164,1. ṚV. 10,7. ṚV. 6,48,20. TS. 1,5,1,1. TS. 1,5,2,3. TBR. 1,1,2,3. KĀṬH. 25,2. KĀṬH. 25,6. yaṃ vai gāmaśvaṃ yaṃ puruṣaṃ praśaṃsanti vāma iti taṃ praśaṃsanti PAÑCAV. BR. 13,3,19. nibadhya bhrukuṭīṃ vāmām HARIV. 7066. ˚bhrū eine Schönbrauige Spr. 546. SĀH. D. 34,7. preṣitavāmalocanā ŚĀK. 23. vāmanayanā adj. Spr. 3194. vāmākṣī Spr. 2978. KATHĀS. 26,283. H. 507. ˚netrā HALĀY. 2,326. sūkta ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 7,6,10. BHĀG. P. 3,25,36. ˚svabhāvā schön, edel BHĀG. P. 1,7,42. ˚bhāṣiṇī schön redend R. 3,23,17. — b〉 zugethan, strebend nach, versessen auf: akṣa˚ UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 1,139. prāyo vāritavāmā hi pravṛttirmanaso nṛṇām nach Verbotenem lüstern KATHĀS. 26,76. vāritavāmena kāmena RĀJA-TAR. 3,417. im Prākṛt: paḍisiddhavāmā khu esā jādī ŚĀK. 88,15, v. l. — 2〉 m. a〉 die weibliche Brust H. an. MED. — b〉 Bein. Śivaʼs H. an. MED. BHĀG. P. 4,3,8. bei den Śaiva Bez. einer der fünf Formen ihres Gottes, = vāmadevaguhya SARVADARŚANAS. 83,17. BHĀG. P. I, Einl. LXV. N. pr. eines Rudra BHĀG. P. 6,6,17. Könnte auch zu 2. vāma gehören. — c〉 Bez. des Liebesgottes H. an. MED. — d〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Ṛcīka MBH. 13,7671. rāma ed. Bomb. — e〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Kṛṣṇa von der Bhadrā BHĀG. P. 10,61,17. eines Fürsten, eines Sohnes des Dharma, Verz. d. Cambr. H. 7,6. eines Sohnes des Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa KṢITĪŚ. 5,8. — 3〉 f. ā a〉 eine Schöne, ein schönes Weib, Weib überh. (vgl. vanitā) AK. 2,6,1,2. H. 504. H. an. MED. PAÑCAR. 1,14,73. SĀH. D. 55,2. — b〉 eine Form der Durgā DEVĪ-P. 45 und KĀLIKĀ-P. 11_im_ŚKDR. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 104,b,13. nach ŚABDĀRTHAK._bei_WILSON auch Lakṣmī und Sarasvatī. — c〉 N. pr. einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skandaʼs MBH. 9,2630. — d〉 N. pr. der Mutter Pārśvaʼs, des 23ten Arhantʼs der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī, H. 41. — 4〉 f. ī Stute AK. 2,8,2,14. H. 1233. HALĀY. 2,285. H. an. MED. Eselin, Kameelstute (karabhī) und das Weibchen eines Schakals H. an. MED. Zu belegen nur in der Verbindung uṣṭra˚ im pl. oder im comp. MBH. 2,1745. MBH. 2,1824. MBH. 5,5700. RAGH. 5,32. NĪLAK._zu_MBH. 2,1824: uṣṭrāḥ vāmyaḥ gardabhāśvasaṃkarajāḥ, der Schol. zu RAGH. 5,32 erklärt das Wort durch Kameele und Stuten; eher als Kameelstute zu fassen; vgl. P. 6,2,40, wo beim Schol. wohl uṣṭravāmī st. uṣṭravāmiḥ zu lesen ist. — 5〉 n. a〉 Werthes, Liebes: Gut (= dhana MED.) ṚV. 1,33,3. viśvedvā̱mā vò aśnavat ṚV. 40,6. ṚV. 48,1. sa nò neṣadvā̱maṃ sùvi̱taṃ vasyo̱ acchà ṚV. 141,12. ṚV. 4,5,13. ṚV. 7,71,2. ṚV. 78,7. ṚV. 8,72,4. ṚV. 1,5. viśvā̀ vā̱mānì dhīmahi ṚV. 92,5. ṚV. 10,20,8. ṚV. 40,10. ṚV. 76,8. rā̱tiṃ vā̱masyà ṚV. 10,140,5. AV. 4,25,6. gṛ̱hāḥ pū̱rṇā vā̱mena̱ tiṣṭhàntaḥ AV. 7,60,12. AV. 14,2,9. ā vò devāsa īmahe vā̱mam VS. 4,5. VS. 8,5. de̱vānā̀m TS. 5,3,8,1. AIT. BR. 5,6. ŚAT. BR. 1,9,1,22. ĀŚV. ŚR. 1,9,5. etaṃ hi sarvāṇi vāmānyabhisaṃyanti CHĀND. UP. 4,15,2. CHĀND. UP. 4,15,3. — b〉 eine best. Gemüsepflanze, Chenopodium; = vāstūka JAṬĀDH._im_ŚKDR. masc. WILSON nach ders. Aut. — 6〉 vāmáyā adv. gefällig, schön ṚV. 8,9,7. — Vgl. anti˚, yajña˚.

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2. vā́ma UṆĀDIS. 1,139. 1〉 adj. (f. ā) a〉 link AK. 2,6,2,36. AK. 2,3,2,34. H. 1466. H. an. 2,336. MED. m. 29. fg. HALĀY. 4,71. ŚAT. BR. 14,6,11,3. ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 2,10. GOBH. 2,9,13. GOBH. 4,1,2. GOBH. 4,1,3. SUŚR. 1,27,5. SUŚR. 1,244,2. MBH. 1,7723. R. 2,42,4. R. 2,92,22. MEGH. 76. MEGH. 94. ŚĀK. 133. MĀLAV. 53. Spr. 2780. RĀJA-TAR. 1,2. DHŪRTAS. 94,9. VET. in LA. (III) 10,4. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 103,a,25. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 103,a,29. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 292. caraṇenāpi vāmena na spṛśeyaṃ kadā ca na . rāvaṇaṃ kiṃ punarnīcaṃ kāmayeyam R. 5,26,27. fg. vāmaṃ prāspandataikaṃ nayanaṃ varāṅgyāḥ (Glück verheissend) R. 5,28,13. MĀLATĪM. 5,2. bāhurvāmaḥ parivepate sma (beim Weibe Glück verheissend) R. 5,28,14. vāmaḥ saskandhaścāsphuradbhujaḥ (beim Manne Unglück verheissend) KATHĀS. 49,130. vāmaścāyaṃ nadati madhuraṃ cātakaḥ zur Linken stehend MEGH. 9. vāmastasyābhavatkākaḥ (Unglück verheissend) KATHĀS. 49,130. an der linken Seite befindlich VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,83. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 36,4. ˚kirīṭin VARĀH. BṚH. S. 58,57. agnirvāmārciḥ ein Feuer, dessen Flamme nach links geht, (Unglück verheissend) MBH. 6,108. śvā vāmāddakṣiṇaṃ yayau von links nach rechts (Unglück verheissend) KATHĀS. 49,130. vāmastha zur Linken stehend KATHĀS. 39,139. vāmena zur Linken Spr. 3890. RĀJA-TAR. 5,97. vāme zur Linken so v. a. im Westen WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 300. — b〉 schief, verkehrt ŚABDĀRTHAK._bei_WILSON. vāmaṃ (vakraṃ yathā bhavati tathā Comm.) cakṣurbhyāmabhivīkṣya seitwärts BHĀG. P. 4,2,8. in entgegengesetzter Richtung —, anders verfahrend ŚĀK. 93. widerstrebend, widerspänstig, widerwärtig; = pratīpa, pratikūla AK. 3,4,23,146. H. 1465. H. an. MED. HALĀY. 5,22. BHAṬṬ. 6,17. ratau vāmā so v. a. spröde SĀH. D. 99. SĀH. D. 40,13. vidhi ein widerwärtiges Geschick Spr. 740. Spr. 781, v. l. Spr. 3786. KATHĀS. 73,163. śivā vāmaikaśaṃsinī Widerwärtiges, Unheil KATHĀS. 124,108. aho vāmaikavṛttitvaṃ kimapyetatprajāpateḥ KATHĀS. 21,48. udāsita˚ GĪT. 11,9. hart, grausam: kāma Spr. 936 (II). 2834. MĀRK. P. 16,23. kāmasya vāmā gatiḥ GĪT. 12,11. verkehrt so v. a. schlecht, böse: vāmaśīlā hi jantavaḥ KIR. 11,24. = duṣṭa UJJVAL. — 2〉 m. Schlange ŚABDĀRTHAK._bei_WILSON. ein lebendes Wesen WILSON angeblich nach JAṬĀDH. — 3〉 n. = vāmācāra Verz. d. Oxf. H. 91,a,18.

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4. vāma adj. von vāmī Stute PAT. a. a. O. 4,74,a.

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3. vāmá (von vam) m. = vama gaṇa jvalādi zu P. 3,1,140. Vārtt. zu P. 7,3,34. VOP. 26,170.

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2. vāma vgl. hasta˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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1. vāmá — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī́ und ā) — a〉 werth, lieb; gefällig, gut, schön. — b〉 schön, edel. — c〉 am Ende eines Comp. zugethan, strebend nach, versessen auf, lüstern nach Etwas. — 2〉 m. — a〉 *die weibliche Brust. — b〉 *der Liebesgott. — c〉 Bein. Śivaʼs. Bei den Śaiva eine der fünf Formen ihres Gottes. — d〉 N. pr. — α〉 eines Rudra. — β〉 verschiedener Männer, unter andern auch eines Sohnes des Kṛṣṇa. — γ〉 eines Rosses des Mondes VP. 22,299. — 3〉 *m. oder n. Chenopodium. — 4〉 f. vāmā — a〉 eine Schöne, ein schönes Weib, Weib überh. — b〉 eine Form der Durgā. — c〉 eine best. Śakti HEMĀDRI 1,610,15. 611,4. 5. — d〉 *Bein. der Lakṣmī und Sarasvatī. — e〉 N. pr. — α〉 einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skandaʼs. — β〉 *der Mutter des Arhant Pārśva. — γ〉 eines Flusses VP. 22,151. — 5〉 f. vāmī nach den Erklärern Stute (RĀJAN. 19,38), Eselin, Kamelstute, Maulthierweibchen oder Mauleselin, das Weibchen des Schakals. Zu belegen nur uṣṭra˚ (auch HARṢAC. 110,23). — 6〉 n. Werthes, Liebes, Kostbares (wie Gold, Metallgefässe, Ross), Gut. — 7〉 vā́máyā Instr. Adv. gefällig, schön.

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2. vā́ma — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 link, zur Linken stehend, an der linken Seite befindlich. Das Zucken des linken Auges oder Armes verheisst beim Weibe Glück, das Zucken des linken Armes beim Manne Unglück. — b〉 schief, verkehrt. Nur vāmam Adv. seitwärts. — c〉 in entgegengesetzter Richtung —, anders verfahrend. — d〉 widerstrebend, -spänstig, -wärtig. ratau vāmā so v. a. spröde. — e〉 schlecht, böse. — f〉 hart, grausam. — 2〉 m. oder n. die linke Seite. vāmāddakṣiṇam von links nach rechts, vāmena zur Linken. — 3〉 m. — a〉 die linke Hand WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 300. — b〉 *Schlange. — c〉 *ein lebende Wesen. — 4〉 n. — a〉 Widerwärtiges, Unheil. — b〉 = 1. vāmācāra.

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4. *vāma Adj. von vāmī Stute. PAT. zu P. 4,2,104, Vārtt. 20.

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3. *vāma m. Erbrechen.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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vāma a. 1 Left(opp. dakṣiṇa); vilocanaṃ dakṣiṇamaṃjanena saṃbhāvya tadvaṃcitavāmanetrā R. 7. 8; Me. 78, Me. 96. 2 Being or situated on the left side; vāmaścāyaṃ nadati madhuraṃ cātakaste sagaṃdhaḥ Me. 9; (vāmena is used adverbially in the same sense; e. g. vāmenātra vaṭastamadhvagajanaḥ sarvātmanā sevate K. P. 10). 3 (a) Reverse, contrary, opposite, adverse, unfavourable; tadaho kāmasya vāmā gatiḥ Gīt. 12; Māl. 9. 8, Bk. 6. 17. (b) Acting contrary, of an opposite nature; yāṃtyevaṃ gṛhiṇīpadaṃ yuvatayo vāmāḥ kulasyāvayaḥ Ś. 4. 17. (e) Perverse, crooked-natured, refractory; Ś. 6. 4 Vile, wicked, base, low, bad; Ki. 11. 24. 5 Lovely, beautiful, charming; as in vāmalocanā q. v. 6 Short. — maḥ 1 A sentient being, an animal. 2 N. of Śiva. 3 Of Cupid, the god of love. 4 A snake. 5 An udder, a breast. 6 Prohibited or forbidden act or practice (as drinking wine). — maṃ Wealth, possessions. Comp. — ācāraḥ -mārgaḥ the left-hand ritual or doctrine of the Tantras. — āpīḍanaḥ the Pīlu tree. — āvartaḥ 1 a conch-shell, the spiral of which runs from right to left. — ūru, -ūrū f. a woman with handsome thighs; tadidaṃ viṣahiṣyate kathaṃ vada vāmoru citādhirāheṇaṃ R. 8. 57. — dṛś f. a woman (with lovely eyes). — devaḥ 1 N. of a sage. 2 N. of Śiva. — bhrūḥ f. a beautifuleye-browed woman; Pt. 1. 136. — locanā a woman with lovely eyes; virūpākṣasya jayinīstāḥ stuve vāmalocanāḥ K. P. 10; R. 19. 13. — śīla a. of a perverse or crooked nature; ([Page 0960-a]) crosstempered: tadehi vāmaśīlāṃ mālatīṃ nirbhartsayāmaḥ Māl. 7. — (laḥ) an epithet of the god of love.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

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1. vāmá, f. ī́ u. ā lieb, schön, hold; strebend nach, versessen auf (—˚). f. vāmā ein (schönes) Weib; ī Tier- weibehen. n. Reichthum, Gut, Glück, Heil.

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2. vā́ma link, schief, verkehrt, ungünstig, wiederspenstig, spröde, hart, grausam. m. die linke Hand. n. Ungunst, Unheil; Abstr. vāmatā f., ˚tva n. dass.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

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vāma vāma a. gauche, placé à gauche; gauche, non plane, courbe; inverse, contraire. Court, bas, nain. Bas, vil. Beau, agréable. — S. m. sein, mamelle. Animal, être animé. Serpent. Chénopode blanc, bot. Śiva; Kāma. — S. n. biens, richesse. — S. f. vāmā femme, en gén. Gaurī; Lakṣmī; Sarasvatī. Femelle d'animal: jument, ânesse, etc. vāmadeva m. np. d'un poète védique. Śiva. vāmana a. court, petit, bas; vil. — S. m. nain. Le nain céleste [Viṣṇu dans sa 5ᵉ incarnation]. L'éléphant du sud. Alangium hexapetalum, bot. — F. vāmanī naine. vāmanatanu a. nain. vāmanākṛti a. (ākṛti) nain. vāmalūra m. fourmilière [surtout celle des fourmis blanches]. vāmalocaṇa a. aux beaux yeux. vāmākṣi a. (akṣi) mms.

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