aṃdha a. 1 Blind (
lit. and
fig.); devoid of sight, unable to see (at particular times);
divāṃdhāḥ prāṇinaḥ kecidrātrāvaṃdhāstathāpare; made blind, blinded;
srajamapi śirasyaṃdhaḥ kṣiptāṃ dhunotyahiśaṃkayā Ś. 7. 24;
madāṃdhaḥ blinded by intoxication; so
darpāṃdhaḥ, krodhāṃdhaḥ;
kāma°, lobha°, ajñāna°;
sahajāṃdhadṛśaḥ svadurnaye Śi. 16. 29 blind to his own wicked acts.
2 Making blind, preventing the sight; utter, pitchy, complete, thick (darkness)
Ms. 8. 94;
sīdannaṃdhe tamasi U. 3. 38;
Māl. 9. 8, 20; See
°kūpa, °tāmasaṃ infra.
— dhaṃ 1 Darkness.
2 Spiritual ignorance;
ajñāna or
avidyā q. v. 3 Water; also, turbid water.
— dhaḥ 1 A kind of mendicant (
parivrājaka) who has completely controlled his organs;
tiṣṭhato vrajato vāpi yasya cakṣurna dūragam . catuṣpadāṃ bhuvaṃ muktvā parivrāḍaṃdha ucyate .. 2 An epithet of the zodiacal signs at particular periods; (
naṣṭadravyalābhālābhopayogayukto rāśibhedaḥ);
meṣo vṛṣo mṛgeṃdraśca rātrāvaṃdhāḥ prakīrtitāḥ . nṛyukkarkaṭakanyāśca divāṃdhāḥ (
pb)
parikīrtitāḥ .. — dhāḥ? (
pl.)
N. of a people see
aṃdhra.
Comp. — alajī a blind boil or abscess in the eyes (one that does not open or suppurate).
— ahiḥ, ahikaḥ a blind serpent,
i. e. one that is not poisonous. (
— hiḥ,
— hikaḥ)
N. of a fish (
kucikā).
— kāraḥ [
aṃdhaṃ karoti] darkness (
lit. and
fig.);
līnaṃ divābhītamivāṃdhakāraṃ Ku. 1. 12;
kāma°, madana°;
aṃdhakāratāmupayāti cakṣuḥ K. 36 grows dim;
bāṣpajaladhārāṃdhakāritamukhī K. 161, 286.
— kūpaḥ [
aṃdhayatītyaṃdhaḥ, aṃdhaḥ kūpaḥ]
1 a well the mouth of which is hidden; a well overgrown with plants &c.
2 [
aṃdhasya dṛṣṭyabhāvasya kūpa iva] mental darkness, infatuation.
3
N. of a hell, to which those who tease and kill harmless creatures are condemned.
— tamasaṃ (
P. V. 4. 79),
— tāmasaṃ,
— dhātamasaṃ deep or complete darkness;
lokamaṃdhatamasātkramoditau R. 11. 24;
aṃdhatamasamiva praviśāmi U. 7 the gloom of hell;
pradhvaṃsitāṃdhatamasastatrodāharaṇaṃ raviḥ Śi. 2. 33. (
— sā) night.
— tāmisraḥ śraḥ (
sraṃ also).
1 complete or deep darkness (especially of the soul);
tamisroṣṭadaśadhā tathā bhavatyaṃdhatāmisraḥ Sāṅ. K. 48 (
bhayaviśeṣaviṣayako'bhiniveśaḥ);
tasyāmaṃdhatāmisramabhyadhyāyat Mv. 1.
2 spiritual ignorance (
dehe naṣṭe ahameva naṣṭaḥitirūpamajñānaṃ); enveloped in utter darkness. (
— sraḥ, sraṃ)
N. of a division of Tartarus or infernal regions, the second of the 21 hells to which those who seduce the wives of others and enjoy them are condemned. According to Bhavabhūti persons committing suicide were condemned to this hell;
cf. aṃdhatāmisrā hyasūryā nāma te lokāstebhyaḥ pratividhīyaṃte ya ātmaghātina ityevamṛṣayo manyaṃte U. 4;
Ms. 4. 88, 197;
Y. 3. 224; doctrine of annihilation after death.
— dhī a. mentally blind.
— pūtanā a demoness supposed to cause diseases in children;
yo dveṣṭi stanamatisārakāsahikkāchardībhirjvarasahitābhirardyamānaḥ . durvarṇaḥ satatamadhaḥśayo'mlagaṃdhistaṃ brūyurvarabhiṣajoṃdhapūtanārtam Suśr. — mūṣā a small covered crucible with a hole in the side.
— mūṣikā [
aṃdhaṃ dṛṣṭyabhāvaṃ muṣṇāti, muṣ-ṇvul]
N. of a plant or grass
devatāḍa (
tatsevanena cakṣuṣmattā bhavatīti vaidyakaprasiddhiḥ).
— rātrī dark night (
Ved.).
— vartman m. [
aṃdhaṃ sūryaprakāśarāhityādvartma yatra] the seventh skandha or region of wind.