वामक वामनिका

वामन

वामन a.
1 (a) Short in stature, dwarfish, pigmy; छलवामनं Śi. 13. 12. (b) (Hence) Small, short, little, reduced in length; वामनार्चि- रिव दीपभाजनं R. 19. 51; कथं कथं तानि (दिनानि) च वामनानि N. 22. 57.
2 Bent down, bent low (नम्र); शिरसि स्म जिघ्रति सुरारिबंधने छलवामनं विनयवामनं तदा Śi. 13. 12.
3 Vile, low, base.
−नः
1 A dwarf, pigmy; प्रांशुलभ्ये फले मोहादुद्वाहुरिव वामनः R. 1. 3, 10. 60.
2 N. of Viṣṇu in his fifth incarnation, when he was born as a dwarf to humble the demon Bali, (see बलि); छलयसि विक्र- मणे बलिमद्भुतवामन पदनखनीरजनितज- तपावन । केशव धृतवामनरूप जय जग- दीश हरे Gīt. 1; Śi. 13. 12.
3 N. of the elephant that presides over the south.
4 N. of the author of the Kāśikāvṛtti, a commentary on Pāṇini's Sūtras.
5 The tree called अंकोट.
−Comp.
−आकृति a. dwarfish.
−पुराणं N. of one of the 18 Purāṇas.

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