aMtya a. [ aMte Bavati vasati &c, aMtAya hitaH; aMta-yat ] 1 Last, final (as a letter, word &c.); last (in time, order or place) P. I. 1. 47 ; as ha of letters, Revatī of asterisms, Mīna of the zodiacal signs &c.; aMtye vayasi in old age R. 9. 79 ; aMtyaM fRaM R. 1. 71 last debt; °maMqanaM 8. 71 , Ku. 4. 22. 2 Immediately following (in comp. ); azwama° ninth. 3 Lowest (in rank, degree or position), undermost, worst, inferior, base, vile, wretched; °avasTAM gataH Pt. 4. 110 reduced to the worst plight; aMtyAsu daSAsu Pt. 1. 336 at perilous (critical) times; belonging to the lowest caste; caMqAla° striyaH Ms. 11. 176 ; °strInizeviRaH 12. 59 ; aMtyAdapi varaM ratnaM strIratnaM duzkulAdapi; SUdrASca saMtaH SUdrARAmaMtyAnAmaMtyayonayaH ( sAkzyaM kuryuH ) 8. 68 , 3. 9 ; 4. 79 ; Y. 1. 148 , 2. 294. — tyaH 1 A man of the lowest caste; see above. 2 N. of a plant ( mustA ) ( f. also) (the roots of which are prescribed for colic). 3 The last syllable of a word. 4 The last lunar month i. e. Fālguna. 5 A Mleccha, foreigner, barbarian. 6 (In Vaiśeshika phil. ) A name for the category viSeza; aMtyo nityadravyavfttirviSezaH parikIrtitaH . Bhāṣā P. — tyA 1 A technical name for trijyA in astronomy. 2 A woman of the lowest tribe. — tyaM 1 A measure of number; 1000 billions (1000,000,000,000,000.) 2 The 12th sign of the zodiac. 3 The last member or term of a progression (series), the last figure; sTApyoMtavargo dviguRAMtyaniGnaH Līlā. Comp. ( pb ) — anuprAsaH see under anuprAsa . — avasAyin m. f. ( °yI, °yinI ) a man or woman of the lowest caste, begotten by a Cāṇḍāla on a Niṣādī woman; nizAdastrI tu cAMqAlAtputramaMtyAvasAyinam . smaSAnagocaraM sUte bAhyAnAmapi garhitaM .. Ms. 10. 39 ; the following 7 are regarded as belonging to this class; cAMqAlaH SvapacaH kzattA sUto vEdehakastaTA . mAgaDAyogavO cEva saptEteM'tyAvasAyinaH .. . — ASramin m. one who belongs to the last or mendicant order. — AhutiH, -izwiH f. — karman, -kriyA last or funeral oblations, sacrifices or rites; °karma Ms. 11. 198 , 5. 168 ; aMtyAhutiM hAvayituM saviprAH Bk. — fRaM the last of the three debts which every one has to pay, i. e. begetting children; see anfRa . — gamanaM intercourse by a woman of the higher caste with a man of the lowest caste. — ja a. latest born, younger, belonging to the lowest caste; °jErnfBiH Ms. 4. 61 ; °strI 8. 385. — (jaH) 1 a Śūdra ( aMtyaH san jAyate, varRamaDye SezaBavatvAt ). 2 one of the 7 inferior tribes; chāṇḍāla &c.; rajakaScarmakAraSca nawo varuqa eva ca . kEvartamedaBillASca saptEte cAMtyajAH smftAH .. Yama ; also Ms. 8. 279 ; Y. 1. 273. — (jA) a woman of the lowest caste; Ms. 11. 59 , 171 ; Y. 3. 231. — janman, -jAti , — jAtIya a. 1 one belonging to the lowest caste; pratigrahastu kriyate SUdrAdapyaMtyajanmanaH Ms. 10. 110. 2 a Śūdra; °titA Ms. 12. 9. 3 a chāṇḍāla. — DanaM the last term of a progression or series. — padaMmUlaM the last or greatest root (in a square). — BaM 1 the last lunar mansion revatI . 2 the last sign of the zodiac; Pisces. — yugaM the last or Kali age. — yoni a. of the lowest origin; Ms. 8. 68. — (niH) the lowest source or origin — lopaH dropping of the last letter or syllable of a word. — varRaH, -varRA a man or woman of the lowest caste, a Śūdra male or female. — vipulA N. of a metre.