akāṃḍa

akāṃḍa a. [nāsti kāṃḍaṃ avasaraḥ ucitakālaḥ yasya]

1 Accidental, untoward, unexpected, sudden; akāṃḍapāṃḍuraghanapraspardhi Mv. 5. 39 out of season; punarakāṃḍavivartanadāruṇaḥ U. 4. 15; °pracaṃḍakalahayoḥ U. 6; patatu śirasyakāṃḍayamadaṃḍa ivaiṣa bhujaḥ Māl. 5. 31; °bhaṃguratāṃ saṃsārasukhānāṃ K. 172.

2 Destitute of stem or stock.

Comp.

— jāta a. Suddenly born or produced.

— pātaḥ unexpected occurrence; °upanatā kaṃ na lakṣmīrvimohayet Ks. 5. 2.

— pātajāta a. dying as soon as born; perishing soon after birth H. 4. 83.

— śūlaṃ a sudden attack of colic.