aMSaH [ aMS ac ] 1 A share, part, portion, division; member; sakfdaMSo nipatati Ms. 9. 47 ; turyAMSaH a fourth part; zazWa°; mamEvAMSo jIvaloke jIvaBUtaH sanAtanaH Bg. 15. 7 ; BuvamaMSAviva DarmayorgatO R. 8. 16 ; aMSena darSitAnukUlatA K. 159 partly. 2 A share in property, inheritance; svatoMSataH Ms. 8. 408 ; anaMSO klIbapatitO 9. 201 ; patnyaH kAryAH samAMSikAH Y. 2. 115. 3 The numerator of a fraction; anyonyahArABihatO harAMSO Līlā. ; sometimes used for fraction itself. 4 A degree of latitude (or longitude); akzasyAMSAH samAKyAtAH zazwyuttaraSatatrayam; sa ca aMSaH zazwikalAtmakaH, kalA tu zazwivikalAtmikA . 5 The shoulder (more generally written aMsa , q. v. ). 6 N. of one of the Ādityas. The senses of ‘party’, ‘a share of booty,’ ‘earnest money’, which are said to occur in the Veda are traceable to 1. above. Comp. — aMSaH [ za . ta .] a secondary incarnation; part of a portion. — aMSi adv. share by share. — avatAraH, -avataraRaM [ za . ta .] descent (on earth) of parts of deities, partial ( pb ) incarnation; °tAra iva Darmasya Dk. 153 ; °ramiva kftAMtasya K. 31 ; uccEHSravasaH 79 ; so aMSAvatIrRamiva 108 ; N. of Adhyāyas 64-67 of Ādiparvan of Bhārata. — BAj , — hara, -hArin m. f. [ upa . samAsa ] one who takes or has a share, one entitled to a share in the ancestral property, an heir, a coheir; piMqadoMSaharaScEzAM pUrvABAve paraH paraH Y. 2. 132 ; jAtopi dAsyAM SUdreRa kAmatoMSaharo Bavet 133. — vivartin a. [ sa . ta .] slightly turned away, or turned away towards the shoulder; muKamaMSavivarti pakzmalAkzyAH Ś. 3. 26 v. l. for aMsavivarti . — savarRanaM [ za . ta .] reduction of fractions to the same denominator ( atulyacCedayo rASyoH samacCedakaraRaM ) anyonyahArABihatO harAMSO rASyoH samacCedaviDAnamevam Līlā. — svaraH the keynote.