paScima a. [ paScAdBavaH qimac ] 1 Being behind, hindmost. 2 Last (in time or space); pAScime vayasi vartamAnasya K. 25 ; R. 19. 1 , 54 ; paScimAdyAminIyAmAtprasAdamiva cetanA R. 17. 1 ; smaraMtaH paScimAmAjYAM 17. 8 ; pata paScimayoH pituH pAdayoH Mu. 7 ; °kriyA the last i. e. funeral rites; °avasTA last state ( pb ) (verging on death); Pt. 2. 3 Western, westerly; Ms. 2. 22 ; 5. 92. ( paScimena is used adverbially in the sense of ‘in the west;’ or ‘after, behind’; with acc. or gen. ; so paScime ‘in the west’). Comp. — arDaH 1 the latter half. 2 the hinder part. — uttara a. north western. — rAtraH the latter part of the night, upAratAH paScimarAtragocarAt Ki. 4. 10. v. 1