aṃtya a. [
aṃte bhavati vasati &c,
aṃtāya hitaḥ; aṃta-yat]
1 Last, final (as a letter, word &c.); last (in time, order or place)
P. I. 1. 47; as
ha of letters, Revatī of asterisms, Mīna of the zodiacal signs &c.;
aṃtye vayasi in old age
R. 9. 79;
aṃtyaṃ ṛṇaṃ R. 1. 71 last debt;
°maṃḍanaṃ 8. 71,
Ku. 4. 22.
2 Immediately following (in
comp.);
aṣṭama° ninth.
3 Lowest (in rank, degree or position), undermost, worst, inferior, base, vile, wretched;
°avasthāṃ gataḥ Pt. 4. 110 reduced to the worst plight;
aṃtyāsu daśāsu Pt. 1. 336 at perilous (critical) times; belonging to the lowest caste;
caṃḍāla° striyaḥ Ms. 11. 176;
°strīniṣeviṇaḥ 12. 59;
aṃtyādapi varaṃ ratnaṃ strīratnaṃ duṣkulādapi; śūdrāśca saṃtaḥ śūdrāṇāmaṃtyānāmaṃtyayonayaḥ (
sākṣyaṃ kuryuḥ) 8. 68, 3. 9; 4. 79;
Y. 1. 148, 2. 294.
— tyaḥ 1 A man of the lowest caste; see above.
2 N. of a plant (
mustā) (
f. also) (the roots of which are prescribed for colic).
3 The last syllable of a word.
4 The last lunar month
i. e. Fālguna.
5 A Mleccha, foreigner, barbarian.
6 (In Vaiśeshika
phil.) A name for the category
viśeṣa; aṃtyo nityadravyavṛttirviśeṣaḥ parikīrtitaḥ . Bhāṣā P. — tyā 1 A technical name for
trijyā in astronomy.
2 A woman of the lowest tribe.
— tyaṃ 1 A measure of number; 1000 billions (1000,000,000,000,000.)
2 The 12th sign of the zodiac.
3 The last member or term of a progression (series), the last figure;
sthāpyoṃtavargo dviguṇāṃtyanighnaḥ Līlā. Comp. (
pb)
— anuprāsaḥ see under
anuprāsa.
— avasāyin m. f. (
°yī, °yinī) a man or woman of the lowest caste, begotten by a Chāṇḍāla on a Niṣādī woman;
niṣādastrī tu cāṃḍālātputramaṃtyāvasāyinam . smaśānagocaraṃ sūte bāhyānāmapi garhitaṃ .. Ms. 10. 39; the following
7 are regarded as belonging to this class;
cāṃḍālaḥ śvapacaḥ kṣattā sūto vaidehakastathā . māgadhāyogavau caiva saptaiteṃ'tyāvasāyinaḥ ...
— āśramin m. one who belongs to the last or mendicant order.
— āhutiḥ, iṣṭiḥ f. — karman, kriyā last or funeral oblations, sacrifices or rites;
°karma Ms. 11. 198, 5. 168;
aṃtyāhutiṃ hāvayituṃ saviprāḥ Bk. — ṛṇaṃ the last of the three debts which every one has to pay,
i. e. begetting children; see
anṛṇa.
— gamanaṃ intercourse by a woman of the higher caste with a man of the lowest caste.
— ja a. latest born, younger, belonging to the lowest caste;
°jairnṛbhiḥ Ms. 4. 61;
°strī 8. 385. (
— jaḥ)
1 a Śūdra (
aṃtyaḥ san jāyate, varṇamadhye śeṣabhavatvāt).
2 one of the 7 inferior tribes; chāṇḍāla &c.;
rajakaścarmakāraśca naṭo varuḍa eva ca . kaivartamedabhillāśca saptaite cāṃtyajāḥ smṛtāḥ .. Yama; also
Ms. 8. 279;
Y. 1. 273. (
— jā) a woman of the lowest caste;
Ms. 11. 59, 171;
Y. 3. 231.
— janman, jāti,
— jātīya a. 1 one belonging to the lowest caste;
pratigrahastu kriyate śūdrādapyaṃtyajanmanaḥ Ms. 10. 110.
2 a Śūdra;
°titā Ms. 12. 9.
3 a chāṇḍāla.
— dhanaṃ the last term of a progression or series.
— padaṃmūlaṃ the last or greatest root (in a square).
— bhaṃ 1 the last lunar mansion
revatī.
2 the last sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
— yugaṃ the last or Kali age.
— yoni a. of the lowest origin;
Ms. 8. 68. (
— niḥ) the lowest source or origin
— lopaḥ dropping of the last letter or syllable of a word.
— varṇaḥ, varṇā a man or woman of the lowest caste, a Śūdra male or female.
— vipulā N. of a metre.