aṅgam

aṅgam [am gatyādau bā˚ -gan; according to Nir. aṅga, aṅga- nāt añcanāt vā] 1 The body. -2 A limb or member of the body; śeṣāṅganirmāṇavidhau vidhātuḥ Ku.1.33; kleśasyāṅgamadatvā Pt.5.32 without undergoing troubles; iti svapnopamānmatvā kāmānmā gāstadaṅgatām | Ki.11.34 do not be influenced or swayed by them (do not be subject to them) -3 (a.) A division or department (of anything), a part or portion, as of a whole; as saptāṅgam rājyam, caturaṅgam balam, catuḥṣaṣṭṣṭyaṅgam jyotiḥ- śāstram see the words; gītāṅgānām Pt.5.56; yajñaścetpratiruddhaḥsyādekenāṅgena yajvanaḥ Ms.11.11. (Hence) (b.) A supplementary or auxiliary portion, supplement; ṣaḍaṅga or sāṅga vedaḥ A peculiar use of the word aṅga in masculine gender may here be noted vedāṃścaiva tu vedāṅgān vedāntāni tathā smṛtīḥ | adhītya brāhmaṇaḥ pūrvaṃ śaktito'nyāṃśca saṃpaṭhet Bṛhadyogiyājñavalkya Smṛiti 12.34. (c.) A constituent part, essential requisite or component; sarvairbalāṅgaiḥ R.7.59; tadaṅgamagryaṃ maghavan mahākrato R.3.46. (d.) An attributive or secondary part; secondary, auxiliary or dependent member (serving to help the principal one) (opp. pradhāna or aṅgin); aṅgī raudra- rasastatra sarve'ṅgāni rasāḥ punaḥ S. D.517; atra svabhāvoktirutprekṣāṅgam Malli. on Ki 8.26. (e.) An auxiliary means or expedient (pradhānopayogī upāyaḥ or upakaraṇam); sarvakāryaśarīreṣu muktvāṅgaskandhapañcakam | mantro yodha ivādhīra sarvāṅgaiḥ saṃvṛtairapi || Śi.2.28-29; See aṅgāṅgi, pañcāṅga also (the angas of the several sciences or departments of knowledge will be given under those words). -4 (Gram.) A name for the base of a word; yasmātpratyayavidhistadādipratyaye aṅgam P.I.4.13; yaḥ pratyayo yasmātkriyate tadādiśabdasvarūpaṃ tasminpratyaye pare aṅgasaṃjñaṃ syāt Sk. The aṅga terminations are those of the nominative, and accusative singular and dual. -5 (Drama) (a.) One of the subdivisions of the five joints or sandhis in dramas; the mukha has 12, pratimukha 13, garbha 12, vimarṣa 13 and upasaṃhāra 14, the total number of the angas being thus 64; for details see the words. (b.) The whole body of subordinate characters. -6 (astr.) A name for the position of stars (lagna), See aṅgādhīśa. -7 A symbolical expression for the number six (derived from the six Vedāngas). -8 The mind; hiraṇyagarbhāṅgabhuvaṃ muniṃ hariḥ Śi.1.1, See aṅgaja also. -9 N. of the chief sacred texts of the jainas. -ṅgaḥ (pl.) N. of a country and the people inhabiting it, the country about the modern Bhāgalpur in Bengal. [It lay on the south of Kauśikī Kachchha and on the right bank of the Ganges. Its capital was Champā, sometimes called Aṅgapurī Lomapādapurī, Karṇapurī or Mālinī. According to Daṇḍin (aṅgeṣu gaṅgātaṭe bahiścampāyāḥ) and Hiouen Thsang it stood on the Ganges about 24 miles west of a rocky island. General Cunningham has shown that this description applies to the hill opposite Pātharghāṭā, that it is 24 miles east of Bhāgalpur, and that there are villages called Champanagar and Champapura adjoininng the last. According to Sanskrit poets the country of the Aṅgas lay to the east of Girivraja, the capital of Magadha and to the north-east or south-east of Mithilā. The country was in ancient times ruled by Karṇa] cf. aṅgaṃ gātrā- ntikopāya pratīkeṣvapradhānake | deśabhede tu puṃsi syāt...|| Nm. -a. 1 Contiguous. -2 Having members or divisions. -Comp. -aṅgi, [aṅgībhāvaḥ -aṅagasya aṅgino bhāvaḥ] the relation of a limb to the body, of the subordinate to the principal, or of that which is helped or fed to the helper or feeder (gauṇamukhyabhāvaḥ, upakāryepakārakabhāvaśca); e. g. prayāja and other rites are to darśa as its angas, while darśa is to them the aṅgi; aṅgāṅgibhāvamajñātvā kathaṃ sāmarthyanirṇayaḥ | paśya ṭiṭṭibhamātreṇa samudro vyākulīkṛtaḥ || H.2.138; atra vākye samāsa- gatayorupamayoḥ sādhyasādhanabhāvāt ˚vena sambandhaḥ Malli. on Ki.6.2; aviśrāntijuṣāmātmanyaṅgāṅgitvaṃ tu saṃkaraḥ K.P.10. (anugrāhyānugrāha- katvam). -adhipaḥ, -adhīśaḥ 1 lord of the Aṅgas, N. of Karṇa (cf. ˚rājaḥ, ˚patiḥ, ˚īśvaraḥ, ˚adhīśvaraḥ). -2 'lord of a lagna', the planet presiding over it; (aṅgādhipe balini sarvavibhūtisampat; aṅgādhīśaḥ svagehe budhagurukavibhiḥ saṃyuto vīkṣito vā Jyotiṣa). -apūrvam effect of a secondary sacrificial act. -karman n. -kriyā 1 besmearing the body with fragrant cosmetics, rubbing it &c. Dk.39. -2 a supplementary sacrificial act. -kramaḥ the order of the performance with reference to the aṅgas. The rule in this connection is that the aṅgakrama must conform to the mukhyakrama. cf. MS. 5.1.14. -grahaḥ spasm; seizure of the body with some illness. -ja-jāta a. [aṅgāt jāyate jan-ḍa] 1 produced from or on the body, being in or on the body, bodily; ˚jaṃ rajaḥ, ˚jāḥ alaṅkārāḥ &c. -2 produced by a supplementary rite. -3 beautiful, ornamental. (-jaḥ) -janus also 1 a son. -2 hair of the body (n. also); tavottarīyaṃ karicarma sāṅgajam Ki.18.32. -3 love, cupid (aṅgaṃ manaḥ tasmā- jjātaḥ); intoxicating passion; aṅgajarāgadīpanāt Dk.161. -4 drunkenness, intoxication. -5 a disease. (-jā) a daughter. (-jam) blood, aṅgajaṃ rudhire'naṅge keśe putre made pumān | nāgare nakhare'pi syāt... | Nm. -jvaraḥ [aṅgamaṅgam adhikṛtya jvaraḥ] the disease called rājayakṣmā, a sort of consumption. -dūṣaṇam 1 the defects of the limbs; the penalties of a defective construction; Māna. -2 name of the 79th chapter. -dvīpaḥ one of the six minor Dvīpas. -nyāsaḥ [aṅgeṣu mantra- bhedasya nyāsaḥ] touching the limbs of the body with the hand accompanied by appropriate Mantras. -pāliḥ f. [aṅgaṃ pālyate sambadhyate'tra, aṅga-pāl-i] an embrace (probably a corruption of aṅkapāli). -pālikā = aṅkapāli q. v. -pratyaṅgam [samā. dvandva] every limb, large and small; ˚gāni pāṇinā spṛṣṭvā K.167,72. -prāyaścittam [aṅgasya śuddhyarthaṃ prāya- ścittam] expiation of bodily impurity, such as that caused by the death of a relative, consisting in making presents (pañcasūnājanyaduritakṣayārthaṃ kāryaṃ dānarūpaṃ prāyaścittam Tv.). -bhūḥ a. [aṅgāt manaso vā bhavati; bhū-kvip] born from the body or mind. (-bhūḥ) 1 a son. -2 Cupid. -3 [aṅgānām aṅgamantrāṇāṃ bhūḥ sthānam] one who has touched and purified, and then restrained, his limbs by repeating the Mantras pertaining to those limbs; brahmāṅgabhūrbrahmaṇi yojitātmā Ku.3.15 (sadyojātādimantrāṇām aṅgānāṃ hṛdayādimantrāṇāṃ bhūḥ sthānaṃ, kṛtamantranyāsaḥ Malli.). -bhaṅgaḥ 1 palsy or paralysis of limbs; ˚vikala iva bhūtvā sthāsyāmi Ś.2. -2 twisting or stretching out of the limbs (as is done by a man just after he rises from sleep); sāṅgabhaṅgamutthāya Vb.; jṛmbhitaiḥ sāṅgabhaṅgaiḥ Mu.3.21, K.85. -3 The middle part of the anus and testicles. -mantraḥ N. of a Mantra. -mardaḥ [aṅga mardayati; mṛd-ṇic] 1 one who shampoos his master's body. -2 [bhāve ghañ] act of shampooing; so ˚mardakā or ˚mardin, mṛd- ṇic ṇvul or ṇini) one who shampoos. -marṣaḥ [ṣa. ta.] rheumatism; ˚praśamanam the curing of this disease. ˚mejayatvam subtle throbbing of the body; Pātañjala 1.31. -yajñaḥ, -yāgaḥ [aṅgībhūtaḥ yajñaḥ] a subordinate sacrificial act which is of 5 sorts; samidho yajati, tanūnapātaṃ yajati, iḍo yajati, barhiryajati, svāhākāraṃ yajati iti pañcavidhāḥ | eteṣāṃ sakṛdanuṣṭhā- nenaiva tantranyāyena pradhānayāgānāmāgneyādīnāmupakāriteti mīmāṃsā Tv. -raktaḥ, -ktam [aṅge avayave raktaḥ] N. of a plant guḍārocanī found in kāmpilya country and having red powder (raktāṅgalocanī). -rakṣakaḥ [aṅgaṃ rakṣati; rakṣ-ṇvul] a body-guard, personal attendant Pt.3. -rakṣaṇī [aṅga rakṣyate anayā] a coat of mail, or a garment. (-ṇam) protection of person. -rāgaḥ [aṅgaṃ rajyate anena karaṇe ghañ] 1 a scented cosmetic, application of perfumed unguents to the body, fragrant unguent; puṣpagandhena aṅgarāgeṇa R.12.27,6.60, stanāṅgarāgāt Ku.5.11. -2 [bhāve lyuṭ] act of anointing the body with unguents. -ruham [aṅge rohati; ruh-ka sa. ta. P.III.9.135.] hair; mama varṇo maṇinibho mṛdūnyaṅgaruhāṇi ca Rām.6.48.12. vihaṅgarājāṅgaruhairivāyataiḥ Śi.1.7. -lipiḥ f. written character of the Aṅgas. -lepaḥ [aṅgaṃ lipyate anena; lip-karaṇe ghañ] 1 a scented cosmetic. -2 [bhāve ghañ] act of anointing. -loḍyaḥ (loḍa ṇyat) a kind of grass, ginger or its root, Amomum Zingiber. -vastrotthā f. A louse. -vikala a. [tṛ. ta.] 1 maimed, paralysed. -2 fainting, swooning. -vikṛtiḥ f. 1 change of bodily appearance; collapse. -2 [aṅgasya vikṛtiścālanādiryasmāt pa. ba.] an apoplectic fit, swooning, apoplexy (apasmāra). -vikāraḥ a bodily defect. -vikṣepaḥ 1 movement of the limbs; gesticulation. -2 a kind of dance. -vidyā [aṅgarūpā vyākaraṇādiśāstrarūpā vidyā jñānasādhanam] 1 the science of grammar &c. contributing to knowledge. -2 the science of foretelling good or evil by the movements of limbs. Kau. A.1.12; N. of chapter 51 of Bṛhat Saṁhitā which gives full details of this science; na nakṣatrāṅgavidyayā...bhikṣāṃ lipseta karhicit Ms.6.50. -vidhiḥ [aṅgasya pradhānopakāriṇaḥ vidhiḥ vidhānam [a subordinate or subsidiary act subservient to a knowledge of the principal one (pradhāna- vidhividheyakarmaṇo'ṅgabodhakatayā aṅgavidhiḥ). -vīraḥ chief or principal hero. -vaikṛtam [aṅgena aṅgaceṣṭayā vaikṛtaṃ hṛdayabhāvo jñāpyate yatra bahu.] 1 a sign, gesture or expression of the face leading to a knowledge of internal thoughts (ākāra) -2 a nod, wink. -3 changed bodily appearance. -vaiguṇyam a defect or flaw in the performance of some subordinate or subsidiary act which may be expiated by thinking of Viṣṇu); śrāddhādipaddhatau karmānte yatkiñcidaṅgavaiguṇyaṃ jātaṃ taddoṣapraśamanāya viṣṇusmaraṇamahaṃ kariṣye ityabhilāpavākyam Tv.). -saṃskāraḥ, -saṃskriyā [aṅgaṃ saṃskriyate anena; kṛ-karaṇe or bhāve- ghañ) 1 embellishment of person, personal decoration, doing whatever secures a fine personal appearance, such as bathing, rubbing the body, perfuming it with cosmetic &c. -2 [kartrarthe aṇ] one who decorates or embellishes the person. -saṃhatiḥ f. compactness, symmetry; body; stheyasīṃ dadhatamaṅgasaṃhatim Ki.13.50; or strength of the body. -saṃhitā The phonetic relation between consonants and vowels in the body of a word Ts. Prāt. -saṅgaḥ bodily contact, union; coition. -suptiḥ f. Benumbing of the body. -sevakaḥ a personal attendant, body-guard. -skandhaḥ [karmadhā.] a subdivision of a science. -sparśaḥ fitness or qualification for bodily contact or being touched by others. -hāniḥ f. 1. a defect or flaw in the performance of a secondary or subsidiary act (= ˚vaiguṇyam); daivād bhramāt pramādāccedaṅgahāniḥ prajāyate | smaraṇādeva tadviṣṇoḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ syāditi śrutiḥ || -hāraḥ [aṅgaṃ hriyate itastataḥ cālyate yatra, hṛ-ādhāre or bhāve ghañ] gesticulation, movements of the limbs, a dance; aṅgahāraistathaivānyā komalai- rnṛtyaśālinī Rām.5.10.36. saṃsaktairaguruvaneṣu sāṅgahāram Ki.7.37. Ku.7.91. -hāriḥ [aṅgaṃ hriyate'tra; hṛ-bā˚ṇi] 1 gesticulation. -2 stage; dancing hall. -hīna a. [tṛ. ta.] 1 mutilated, deprived of some defective limb (aṅgaṃ hīnaṃ yatho- citapramāṇāt alpaṃ yasya) according to Suśruta a man is so born, if the mother's dohada has not been duly fulfilled (sā prāptadaurhṛdā putraṃ janayeta guṇānvitam | alabdhadaurhṛdā garbhe labhetā- tmani vā bhayam || yeṣu yeṣvindriyārtheṣu daurhṛde vai vimānanā | jāyate tatsutasyārtistasmiṃstasmiṃstathendriye ||).