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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 1, col. 3.
    aṃśaḥ [aṃś ac]

    1 A share, part, portion, division; member; sakṛdaṃśo nipatati Ms. 9. 47; turyāṃśaḥ a fourth part; ṣaṣṭha°; mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ Bg. 15. 7; bhuvamaṃśāviva dharmayorgatau R. 8. 16; aṃśena darśitānukūlatā K. 159 partly.

    2 A share in property, inheritance; svatoṃśataḥ Ms. 8. 408; anaṃśau klībapatitau 9. 201; patnyaḥ kāryāḥ samāṃśikāḥ Y. 2. 115.

    3 The numerator of a fraction; anyonyahārābhihatau harāṃśau Līlā.; sometimes used for fraction itself.

    4 A degree of latitude (or longitude); akṣasyāṃśāḥ samākhyātāḥ ṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatrayam; sa ca aṃśaḥ ṣaṣṭikalātmakaḥ, kalā tu ṣaṣṭivikalātmikā.

    5 The shoulder (more generally written aṃsa, q. v.).

    6 N. of one of the Ādityas. The senses of ‘party’, ‘a share of booty,’ ‘earnest money’, which are said to occur in the Veda are traceable to 1. above.

    Comp.

    aṃśaḥ [ṣa. ta.] a secondary incarnation; part of a portion.

    aṃśi adv. share by share.

    avatāraḥ

    taraṇaṃ [ṣa. ta.] descent (on earth) of parts of deities, partial (pb) incarnation; °tāra iva dharmasya Dk. 153; °ramiva kṛtāṃtasya K. 31; uccaiḥśravasaḥ 79; so aṃśāvatīrṇamiva 108; N. of Adhyāyas 64-67 of Ādiparvan of Bhārata.

    bhāj,

    hara, hārin m. f. [upa. samāsa] one who takes or has a share, one entitled to a share in the ancestral property, an heir, a coheir; piṃḍadoṃśaharaścaiṣāṃ pūrvābhāve paraḥ paraḥ Y. 2. 132; jātopi dāsyāṃ śūdreṇa kāmatoṃśaharo bhavet 133.

    vivartin a. [sa. ta.] slightly turned away, or turned away towards the shoulder; mukhamaṃśavivarti pakṣmalākṣyāḥ Ś. 3. 26 v. l. for aṃsavivarti.

    savarṇanaṃ [ṣa. ta.] reduction of fractions to the same denominator (atulyacchedayo rāśyoḥ samacchedakaraṇaṃ) anyonyahārābhihatau harāṃśau rāśyoḥ samacchedavidhānamevam Līlā.

    svaraḥ the keynote.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 1.
    aṃśaḥ [aṃś-ac] 1 A share, part, portion, division; member; sakṛdaṃśo nipatati Ms.9.47; turyāṃśaḥ a fourth part; ṣaṣṭha˚; mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ Bg.15.7; bhuvamaṃśāviva dharmayorgatau R.8.16; aṃśena darśitānukūlatā K.159 partly. -2 A share in property, inheritance; svatoṃ'śataḥ Ms.8.408; anaṃśau klībapatitau 9.201; patnyaḥ kāryāḥ samāṃśikāḥ Y.2.115. -3 the numerator of a fraction; anyonyahārābhihatau harāṃśau Līlā.; sometimes used for fraction itself. -4 A degree of latitude (or longitude); akṣasyāṃśāḥ samākhyātāḥ ṣaṣṭayuttaraśatatrayam; sa ca aṃśaḥ ṣaṣṭikalātmakaḥ, kalā tu ṣaṣṭivikalātmikā -5 The shoulder (more correctly written as aṃsa, q. v.). -6 N. of one of the Ādityas; Mb.1.227.25; cf. also the beginning of T. Ā. The senses of 'party', 'a share of booty', 'earnest money', which are said to occur in the Veda are traceable to 1 above. -7 The vital note in a Rāga. -Comp. -aṃśaḥ [ṣa. ta.] a secondary incarnation; part of a portion. -aṃśi adv. share by share. -avatāraḥ -taraṇam [ṣa. ta.] descent (on earth) of parts of deities, partial incarnation; ˚tāra iva dharmasya Dk.153; ˚ramiva kṛtāntasya K.31; ˚uccaiḥśravasaḥ 79; so aṃśāvatīrṇamiva 108; N. of a sub-parvan covering Adhyāyas 64-67 of Ādiparvan of Mb. Even without the compound aṃśa means partial incarnation, aṃśa, āveśa, and avatāra are the three kinds of Lord's manifestations. -kuṇḍalī (= navāṃśakuṇḍalī) the horoscope prepared by taking into consideration the nine zodiacal divisions. (¹⁄₁₀₈th of a rāśi = navāṃśa or navamāṃśa). -bhāj, -hara, -hārin a. [upa. samāsa] one who takes or has a share, one entitled to a share in the ancestral property, an heir, a co-heir; piṇḍadoṃ'śaharaścaiṣāṃ pūrvābhāve paraḥ paraḥ Y.2.132; jāto'pi dāsyāṃ śūdreṇa kāmatoṃ'śaharo bhavet 133. -vivartin a. [sa. ta.] slightly turned away, or turned away towards the shoulder; mukhamaṃśavivarti pakṣmalākṣyāḥ Ś.3.24. v. l. for aṃsavivarti. -savarṇanam [ṣa. ta.] reduction of fractions to the same denominator (atulyacchedayo rāśyoḥ samacchedakaraṇam) anyonyahārābhihatau harāṃśau rāśyoḥ samacchedavidhānamevam Līlā. -svaraḥ the keynote.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 1.
    aṃśaḥ , puṃ, (aṃśa vibhājane, adantacurādiḥ . karmmaṇi
    ghañ .) vibhājanaṃ . tatparyyāyaḥ . bhāgaḥ 2 . vaṇṭakaḥ
    3 . ityamaraḥ .. vibhāgaḥ 4 bhaktiḥ 5 . iti
    jaṭādharaḥ .. aṃsaśabdo dantyasānto'pi . aṃśāṃsa
    t ka vibhājane iti kavikalpadrumadaśanāt .
    skandhaḥ . iti vidyāvinodādayaḥ .. (vastvekadeśaḥ .
    rikthavibhāgaḥ . caturthabhāgaḥ . bhājyāṅkaḥ . ravi-
    mūrttiviśeṣaḥ . ādityaviśeṣaḥ, yathā,
    dhātā mitro'ryyamā śakro varuṇastvaṃśa eva ca .
    bhago vivasvān pūṣā ca savitā daśamastathā ..
    ekādaśastathā tvaṣṭā dvādaśo viṣṇureva ca .
    jaghanyajamtu sarvveṣāmādityānāṃ guṇādhikaḥ ..
    iti mahābhāratam . vṛttasya ṣaṣṭhyadhikatriśatatama-
    bhāgaḥ . yaduvaṃśīyaḥ nṛpaviśeṣaḥ, yathā, tataḥ
    kuruvatsaḥ tataśca anurathaḥ tataḥ puruhotro jajñe
    tataśca aṃśa iti .)