vAmaka · vāmaka 1 · vāmaka 2
vāmaka , ( 1 ) ( Skt. adj. , left ), °kam, adv. , on the left : devapuvrau pradakṣiṇaṃ vāmaku (= °kaṃ) supratisthitau (no v.l. ) LV 219.17 ( vs ), stationed to the right and left ; ( 2 ) (unrecorded in this sense; = Skt. vāma plus -ka svārthe) charming : asaṃkhyeyaratna-°ka-viracanālaṃkāram Gv 511.22 (prose); ( 3 ) n. of a cakravartin king: Mvy 3571 ; ( 4 ) (= Pali id. ) n. of a great (brahmanical) ṛṣi: Māy 256.13 .
<b> <c c="#a00149">Vāmaka</c> </b> <br>One of the great sages held in esteem by the brahmins. <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.i.245</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.i.104</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.i.238</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.ii.169</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.ii.200</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.i.2451</c> Compare Vaṃsa in Rigveda 10.99.<br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, from vāma) name of a Vedic sage [lit.] left handed; (comm) well spoken; (or) dwafish Construction: vāma + ka
(adj, adj, from vāma) left; left-hand side Construction: vāma + ka