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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for वामन

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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

      1. A dwarf, pigmy; प्रांशुलभ्ये फले मोहादुद्बाहुरिव वामनः R.1.3; 1.6; सहस्रं वामनान् कुब्जान् ...... दृष्ट्वा ततोऽस्मयत वै तदा Mb.7.56.8.
      2. 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.
      3. Name of the elephant that presides over the south.
      4. Name of the author of the Kāśikāvṛitti, a commentary on Pāṇini's Sūtras.
      5. 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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वामनvāmanamf(आ)n. (of doubtful derivation) dwarfish, small or short in stature, a dwarf VS. &c.
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender (of doubtful derivation) dwarfish, small or short in stature, a dwarf VS. etc.
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender small, minute, short (also of days) MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender bent, inclined HParis3.
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender relating to a dwarf or to Vishn2u विष्णु (confer, compare below), treating of him Pur.
    5. mf(आ)neuter gender descended from the elephant Va1mana वामन (see below) R.
    6. masculine gender "the Dwarf", Name of Vishn2u विष्णु in his fifth Avata1ra अवतार or descent (undertaken to humble the pride of the Daitya दैत्य Bali बलि [quod vide]; the germ of the story of this incarnation seems to be contained in the 1st book of the S3Br.; the later legend is given in R. i, 32, 2)
    7. masculine gender Name of a particular month VarBr2S.
    8. masculine gender of S3iva शिव MBh. xiv, 193
    9. masculine gender a dwarfish bull MaitrS. TS.
    10. masculine gender a goat with particular marks VarBr2S.
    11. masculine gender a person born under a particular constellation ibidem
    12. masculine gender Equivalent to काण्ड Lexicographers
    13. masculine gender Alangium Hexapetalum Lexicographers
    14. masculine gender Name of a serpent-demon MBh.
    15. masculine gender of a son of Garud2a गरुड ibidem
    16. masculine gender of a son of Hiran2ya-garbha हिरण्य-गर्भ Hariv.
    17. masculine gender of one of the 18 attendants of the Sun Lexicographers
    18. masculine gender of a Da1nava दानव Hariv.
    19. masculine gender of a Muni मुनि catalogue or catalogues
    20. masculine gender of a poet (minister under Jaya7pi1d2a जया*पीड) Ra1jat.
    21. masculine gender (also with भट्ट, आचार्य etc.) of various other scholars and authors etc. (especially of one of the authors of the Ka1s3ika1-vr2itti काशिका-वृत्ति, the other being Jaya7ditya जया*दित्य, and of the author of the Ka1vya7lam2ka1ra-vr2itti काव्यालंकार-वृत्ति)
    22. masculine gender of the elephant that supports the south (or west) quarter MBh.
    23. masculine gender of a mountain MBh.
    24. masculine gender (plural) Name of a people ibidem (Bombay edition अम्बष्ठ)
    25. masculine gender Name of a Yogini1 योगिनी Hcat.
    26. masculine gender a particular disease of the vagina W. (probably wrong reading for वामिनी, quod vide under 1. वामिन्)
    27. masculine gender a sort of woman W.
    28. masculine gender a mare MW.
    29. neuter gender Equivalent to वामन-पुराण and that the rest of a word is to be suppliedनो*पपुराण (quod vide)
    30. neuter gender Name of a place of pilgrimage (called after the dwarf form of Vishn2u विष्णु) MBh.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वामनvāmana[vâmana] a. small in stature, dwarf ish; minute (light), short (days); bent down, bending low; m. dwarf…

    [vâmana] adjective small in stature, dwarf ish; minute (light), short (days); bent down, bending low; masculine dwarf; dwarf-incarnation of Vishnu (who on being promised by the Daitya Bali as much land as he could mea sure in three steps, strode through the three worlds); noun of the world-elephant of the south or west; noun, especially of the author of the Kâvyâ lamkâra-vritti and of the Kâsikâ-vritti: -ka, masculine dwarf; -tâ, feminine; also equal for, -tva, neuter dwarfishness.

    Source: Macdonell

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