aṃga

aṃga ind. A vocative particle meaning ‘well,’ ‘well, sir,’ ‘indeed,’ ‘true;’ ‘assent’ (as in aṃgīkṛ); aṃga kaccitkuśalī tātaḥ K. 221; prabhurapi janakānāmaṃga bho yācakaste Mv. 3. 5; aṃga asti kaścidvimardako nāmātrabhavataḥ Dk. 59; aṃga kuru aṃga paca P. VIII. 1. 33 Sk; aṃgādhīṣva bhaktaṃ tava dāsyāmi P. VIII. 2. 96 Sk.; samanaddha kimaṃga bhūpatiḥ Śi. 16. 34, 2. 12; Ki. 10. 55, 13. 65; used with kiṃ in the sense of ‘how much less’, or ‘how much more;’ śaktirasti kasyacidvideharājasya chāyāmapyavaskaṃdituṃ kimaṃga jāmātaraṃ Mv. 3; tṛṇena kāryaṃ bhavatīśvarāṇāṃ kimaṃga vāghastavatā nareṇa Pt. 1. 71. Lexicographers give the following senses of aṃgaḥ - kṣipre ca punararthe ca saṃgamāsūyayostathā . harṣe saṃbodhane caiva hyaṃgaśabdaḥ prayujyate ..

aṃga N. of an important kingdom situated on the right bank of the Ganges. Its capital was Campā, also called Aṅgapurī. This town stood on the Ganges about 24 miles west of a rocky island, and is, therefore, considered to be the same as, or situated very near, the modern Bhāgalpur.