वाम

vāma

1) m. the act of vomiting gaṇa jvalâ̱di;

(ī) f. id. Gal
vāmá

2) mf (ī́ orﾠ ā)n. (fr. 1. van)

lovely, dear, pleasant, agreeable, fair, beautiful, splendid, noble RV. etc. etc.;
(ifc.) striving after, eager for, intent upon, fond of Kāv. Kathās. Rājat. ;
m. the female breast L. ;
the god of love L. ;
N. of Ṡiva BhP. ;
of a Rudra ib. ;
of Varuṇa L. ;
(with Ṡaivas) = vāma-deva-guhya Sarvad. ;
of a son of Ṛicīka MBh. ( B. rāma);
of a son of Kṛishṇa andﾠ Bhadrā BhP. ;
of a prince (son of Dharma) Cat. ;
of a son of Bhaṭṭa-nārāyaṇa Kshitîṡ. (cf. -deva);
of one of the Moon's horses VP. ;
m. orﾠ n. a kind of pot-herb, Chenopodium Album L. ;
(ā) f. a beautiful woman, any woman orﾠ wife Pañcar. Sāh. ;
a partic. form of Durgā Pur. ;
a partic. Ṡakti Hcat. ;
N. of Lakshmī W. ;
of Sarasvatī ib. ;
of one of the Mātṛis attending on Skanda MBh. ;
of the mother of Pārṡva (the 23rd Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī) L. ;
(áyā) ind. in a pleasant orﾠ lovely manner RV. VIII, 9, 7 ;
(ī) f. a mare L. (vāmī-ratha mfn. Pat. on Pāṇ. 4-2, 104 Vārtt. 20 );
a she-ass L. ;
a female camel (cf. ushṭra-v-);
a young female elephant L. ;
the female of the jackal L. ;
n. a lovely thing, any dear orﾠ desirable good (as gold, horses etc.), wealth, fortune RV. AV. Br. ChUp. ;
mfn. relating to a mare Pat. (cf. under ī f. above)
vā́ma

3) mf (ā)n. (perhaps originally identical with 2. above) left, not right, being orﾠ situated on the left side ṠBr. etc. etc. (the quivering of the left eye orﾠ arm is supposed to be a good omen in women andﾠ of the left arm a bad omen in men);

reverse, adverse, contrary, opposite, unfavourable Kāv. Kathās. ;
crooked, oblique (am ind. sideways) BhP. ;
refractory, coy (in love) Sāh. ;
acting in the opposite way orﾠ differently Ṡak. IV, 18 ;
hard, cruel Kāv. Pur. ;
vile, wicked, base, low, bad Kir. ;
m. orﾠ n. the left side (vāmāddakshiṇam, from the left to the right;
vāmena, on the left side) Kāv. Kathās. ;
m. the left hand RāmatUp. ;
a snake L. ;
an animal, sentient being L. ;
n. adversity, misfortune Kathās. ;
the left-hand practices of the followers of the Tantras. (= vāmâ̱cāra q.v.) Cat.