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Entry अधम

अधमadhamaa.'one who does not blow.' cf. अधमः कुत्सिते न्यूने अधःस्थाध्मानयोरपि Nm.
'one who does not blow.' Compare अधमः कुत्सिते न्यूने अधःस्थाध्मानयोरपि Nm.
Derived forms and compounds
- अधम adhama, Adjective [अव्-अम; अवतेः अमः, वस्य पक्षे धः Uṇ.5.54.] The lowest, vilest, meanest; very bad, or low, or vile (in quality, worth, position etc.) (Opposite of उत्तम); अधम- मध्यमोत्तमाः or उत्तमाधममध्यमाः etc.; शस्त्रावपाते गर्भस्य पातने- चोत्तमो दमः । उत्तमो वाधमो वापि पुरुषस्त्रीप्रमापणे ॥ Y.2.277. Often times at the end of comp.; नरdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, द्विजdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; चाण्डालश्चाधमो नृणाम् Ms.1.12 lowest in position; अधमdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied the vilest of the vile, the meanest wretch.
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  An unblushing sensualist (भयदयालज्जाशून्यः कामक्रीडाविषये कर्तव्याकर्तव्याविचारकः Śabda K.); वापीं स्नातुमितो गतासि न पुनस्तस्याधमस्यान्तिकम् K. Parasmaipada1.
  
  A sort of योग or conjunction of planets (नृणां वित्तज्ञानादिषु अधमत्वसूचकः रविचन्द्रयोः स्थितिविशेषरूपो योगभेदः Tv.) -मा A bad mistress (हितकारिप्रियतमेऽहितका- रिणी). Compare Latin infimus.
- -अङ्गम् कर्म. the foot (Opposite of उत्तमाङ्ग).
- -अर्धम् कर्म. the lower half of the body (below navel) -अर्ध्य Adjective अधमार्धे भवः connected with the lower part.
- -आचार Adjective ब of the vilest conduct. (-रः) (कर्मdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied) the meanest conduct.
- -ऋणः, -ऋणिकः [अधमः अधमावस्थां प्राप्तः ऋणेन, ततः ठन्] a debtor (Opposite of उत्तमर्णः) (Literal reduced to a low position by his incurring debt). मन्येऽधमर्णप्रतिमेन भर्त्रे प्रत्यर्पितोऽभूदशितो धनौघः । Śiva B.23.7.
- -भृतः, -भृतकः कर्म. a porter, groom, a servant of the lowest class, one of the 3 kinds of servants; उत्तमस्त्वायुधीयोत्र मघ्यमस्तु कृषीवलः । अधमो भार- वाही स्यादित्येवं विविधो भृतः ॥
In the Gita16·20

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम् ॥

māmaprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yāntyadhamāṁ gatim. — Cast into Asuric wombs, deluded birth after birth, they find Me not (as they do not seek Me) and sink down into the lowest status of soul-nature. 16·20
- अधमाम्adhamāmaccusative singular of the feminine form of the adjective adhama (lowly)
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