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Entry वामन

वामनvāmanaa.(a) Short in stature, dwarfish, pigmy; छलवामनम् Śi.13.12. (b) (Hence) Small, short, little, reduced in length…
1. (a) Short in stature, dwarfish, pigmy; छलवामनम् Śi.13.12. (b) (Hence) Small, short, little, reduced in length; वामनार्चिरिव दीपभाजनम् R.19.51; कथं कथं तानि (दिनानि) च वामनानि Name22.57.
2. Bent down, bent low (नम्र); शिरसि स्म जिघ्रति सुरारिबन्धने छलवामनं विनय- वामनं तदा Śi.13.12.
3. Vile, low, base.
4. Venerable; मध्ये वामनमासीनं विश्वेदेवा उपासते Kaṭh.5.3.
Derived forms and compounds
- -नः
  
  A dwarf, pigmy; प्रांशुलभ्ये फले मोहादुद्बाहुरिव वामनः R.1.3; 1.6; सहस्रं वामनान् कुब्जान् ...... दृष्ट्वा ततोऽस्मयत वै तदा Mb.7.56.8.
  
  Name of Viṣṇu in his fifth incarnation, when he was born as a dwarf to humble the demon Bali, (see बलि); छलयसि विक्रमणे बलिमद्भुतवामन पदनखनीरज- नितजनपावन । केशव धृतवामनरूप जय जगदीश हरे । Gīt.1; Śi. 13.12.
  
  Name of the elephant that presides over the south.
  
  Name of the author of the Kāśikāvṛitti, a commentary on Pāṇini's Sūtras.
  
  The tree called अङ्कोट.
- -आकृति Adjective dwarfish.
- -द्वादशी the 12th day in the light half of चैत्र.
- -निघण्टुः Name of a dictionary.
- -पुराणम् Name of one of the 18 Purāṇas.
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