वामन

vāmaná

mf (ā)n. (of doubtful derivation) dwarfish, small orﾠ short in stature, a dwarf VS. etc. etc.;

small, minute, short (alsoﾠ of days) MBh. Kāv. etc.;
bent, inclined HPariṡ. ;
relating to a dwarf orﾠ to Vishṇu (cf. below ), treating of him Pur. ;
descended from the elephant Vāmana (seeﾠ below ) R. ;
m. « the Dwarf»
N. of Vishṇu in his fifth Avatāra orﾠ descent (undertaken to humble the pride of the Daitya Bali <q.v.>;
the germ of the story of this incarnation seems to be contained in the 1st book of the ṠBr. ;
the later legend is given in R. I, 32, 2 );
N. of a partic. month VarBṛS. ;
of Ṡiva MBh. XIV, 193 ;
a dwarfish bull MaitrS. TS. ;
a goat with partic. marks VarBṛS. ;
a person born under a partic. constellation ib. ;
= kāṇḍa L. ;
Alangium Hexapetalum L. ;
N. of a serpent-demon MBh. ;
of a son of Garuḍa ib. ;
of a son of Hiraṇya-garbha Hariv. ;
of one of the 18 attendants of the Sun L. ;
of a Dānava Hariv. ;
of a Muni Cat. ;
of a poet (minister under Jayâpīḍa) Rājat. ;
(alsoﾠ with bhaṭṭa, ācārya etc.) of various other scholars andﾠ authors etc. (esp. of one of the authors of the Kāṡikā-vṛitti, the other being Jayâditya, andﾠ of the author of the Kāvyâlaṃkāra-vṛitti);
of the elephant that supports the south (orﾠ west) quarter MBh. ;
of a mountain MBh. ;
(pl.) N. of a people ib. ( B. ambashṭha);
(ā) f. N. of an Apsaras (v.l. rāmaṇā) R. ;
(ī) f. a female dwarf W. ;
N. of a Yoginī Hcat. ;
a partic. disease of the vagina W. (prob. w.r. for vāminī, q.v. under 1. vāmin);
a sort of woman W. ;
a mare MW. ;
n. = vāmana-purāṇa andﾠ -nôpapurāṇa (q.v.);
N. of a place of pilgrimage (called after the dwarf form of Vishṇu) MBh. ;
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