वामक (vAmaka)

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Capeller Eng

English

 वामक f.
  °मिका left (not right),  adverse,  cruel,  hard. 
m.
  a cert.
   mixed caste
 n.
  a kind of gesture.

Spoken Sanskrit

English

वामक 	-	 vAmaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  hard
वामक 	-	 vAmaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  one who vomits
वामक 	-	 vAmaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  cruel
वामक 	-	 vAmaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  not right
वामक 	-	 vAmaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  adverse
वामक 	-	 vAmaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  left
वामक 	-	 vAmaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  rough
वामक 	-	 vAmaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  particular mixed tribe
वामक 	-	 vAmaka 	-	 n.
  	-	  kind of gesture

Apte

English

वामक [vāmaka],  a.
 

Left.

Adverse,  contrary
 स्फुरता वाम- केनापि दाक्षिण्यमवलम्ब्यते Māl.
 8 (where both senses are intended). -कः A particular mixed tribe
 मागधो वामक- श्चैव द्वौ वैश्यस्योपलक्षितौ । ब्राह्मण्यां क्षत्रियायां च क्षत्रियस्यैक एव तु ॥ Mb.
 *  13.49.1. -कम् A kind of gesture
 Vikr.

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Apte 1890

English

 वामक a. 1 Left. 
2 Adverse,  contrary
 स्फुरता वामकेनापि दाक्षिण्यमवलंब्यते Māl. 8 (where both senses are intended). 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 1. वामक mfn.
   (for 2. See col. 3) one who vomits,  MW.
  

 2. वामक mf(इका)n.  (for 1. See col. 1) left,  not right,  VarBṛS.
 
 Mālatīm.

 adverse,  cruel,  rough,  hard,  KālP.
  

 वामक m.
  a partic.  mixed tribe,  MBh.
  

 N.
  of a king of Kāśi,  Car.
 

 of a son of Bhajamāna,  VP.
  

 of a Cakra-vartin,  Buddh.
 

 वामक (prob.) n.
  a kind of gesture,  Vikr.
 

Monier Williams 1872

English

 1. वामक,  अस्,  &c. (for 2. see col. 3),  one who
vomits.

 2. वामक,  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  left,  not right
 (अम्),  n.
a kind of gesture.
—वामकेश्वर-तन्त्र (°क-ईश्°), 
अम्,  n.,  N. of a Tantra work.

Macdonell

English

 वामक vāma-ka,  a.
  (ikā) left (not right)
 🞄adverse,  cruel
 n.
  kind of gesture
 -tas,  ad. 🞄from or on the left
 -tā,  f.
  disfavour (sts. pl.
 )
 🞄coyness
 -tva,  n.
  disfavour
 -datta,  m.
  N.: 🞄ā,  f.
  N.
 -dṛś,  f.
  fair-eyed woman
 (á) -deva,  🞄m.  N. of a seer,  son of Gotama,  and composer 🞄of the fourth Maṇḍala of the RV.
 🞄-dev-yá,  a.
  coming from Vāmadeva
 n.
  N. of 🞄various Sāmans.

Benfey

English

 वामक वाम + क, 
 I. adj.
  Left, 
Mālat. 5,  7.
 II. n.
  A kind of gesture, 
Vikr. 59,  20.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

वामक
वि* - वाम + कन्
बायाँ

वामक
वि* - -
"विपरीत,  विरुद्ध"

L R Vaidya

English

 vAmaka {% a. (f. का) %} Left,  (op. to दक्षिण).

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 vāmaka, 
(1) (Skt. adj.,  left),  °kam,  adv.,  on the left: devapuvrau pradakṣiṇaṃ vāmaku (= °kaṃ) supratisthitau (no v.l.) LV 〔219.17〕 (vs),  stationed to the right and left
(2) (unrecorded in this sense
 = Skt. vāma plus -ka svārthe) charming: asaṃkhyeyaratna-°ka-viracanālaṃkāram Gv 〔511.22〕 (prose)
(3) n. of a cakravartin king: Mvy 〔3571〕
(4) (= Pali id.) n. of a great (brahmanical) ṛṣi: Māy 〔256.13〕.

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

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वामक

Mahabharata

English

Vāmaka,  name of a caste: XIII,  2622.

Capeller

German

 वामक,  f.
 
°मिका link
 hart,  grausam.  n.
 
Tanz.

Stchoupak

French

 वामक-
 -इका- a. gauche,  de gauche 
 m.
  n.
  d'une caste mixte 
 nt.
certain mode de gesticulation. 

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