aṃtaka

aṃtaka a. [aṃtayati, aṃtaṃ karoti, ṇvul] Causing death, making an end of, destroying; sūryakāṃta iva tāḍakāṃtakaḥ R. 11. 21; krodhāṃdhastasya tasya svayamiha jagatāmaṃtakasyāṃtakohaṃ Ve. 3. 30.

— kaḥ

1 Death.

2 Death personified, the destroyer; Yama, the god of death; nāṃtakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tṛpyati Pt. 1. 137; ṛṣiprabhāvānmayi nāṃtako'pi prabhuḥ prahartuṃ R. 2. 62.

3 A border, boundary.

Comp.

— druh Ved. provoking death; Rv. 10. 132. 4.