vAma a. 1 Left( opp. dakziRa ); vilocanaM dakziRamaMjanena saMBAvya tadvaMcitavAmanetrA R. 7. 8 ; Me. 78 , 96. 2 Being or situated on the left side; vAmaScAyaM nadati maDuraM cAtakaste sagaMDaH Me. 9 ; ( vAmena is used adverbially in the same sense; e. g. vAmenAtra vawastamaDvagajanaH sarvAtmanA sevate K. P. 10 ). 3 ( a ) Reverse, contrary, opposite, adverse, unfavourable; tadaho kAmasya vAmA gatiH Gīt. 12 ; Māl. 9. 8 , Bk. 6. 17. ( b ) Acting contrary, of an opposite nature; yAMtyevaM gfhiRIpadaM yuvatayo vAmAH kulasyAvayaH Ś. 4. 17. ( e ) Perverse, crooked-natured, refractory; Ś. 6. 4 Vile, wicked, base, low, bad; Ki. 11. 24. 5 Lovely, beautiful, charming; as in vAmalocanA q. v. 6 Short. — maH 1 A sentient being, an animal. 2 N. of Śiva. 3 Of Cupid, the god of love. 4 A snake. 5 An udder, a breast. 6 Prohibited or forbidden act or practice (as drinking wine). — maM Wealth, possessions. Comp. — AcAraH -mArgaH the left-hand ritual or doctrine of the Tantras . — ApIqanaH the Pīlu tree. — AvartaH 1 a conch-shell, the spiral of which runs from right to left. — Uru, -UrU f. a woman with handsome thighs; tadidaM vizahizyate kaTaM vada vAmoru citADirAheRaM R. 8. 57. — dfS f. a woman (with lovely eyes). — devaH 1 N. of a sage. 2 N. of Śiva. — BrUH f. a beautifuleye-browed woman; Pt. 1. 136. — locanA a woman with lovely eyes; virUpAkzasya jayinIstAH stuve vAmalocanAH K. P. 10 ; R. 19. 13. — SIla a. of a perverse or crooked nature; ( pb ) crosstempered: tadehi vAmaSIlAM mAlatIM nirBartsayAmaH Māl. 7. — (laH) an epithet of the god of love.