aMtaka a. [ aMtayati, aMtaM karoti, Rvul ] Causing death, making an end of, destroying; sUryakAMta iva tAqakAMtakaH R. 11. 21 ; kroDAMDastasya tasya svayamiha jagatAmaMtakasyAMtakohaM Ve. 3. 30. — kaH 1 Death. 2 Death personified, the destroyer; Yama, the god of death; nAMtakaH sarvaBUtAnAM tfpyati Pt. 1. 137 ; fzipraBAvAnmayi nAMtako'pi praBuH prahartuM R. 2. 62. 3 A border, boundary. Comp. — druh Ved. provoking death; Rv. 10. 132. 4.