amaṃgala
Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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p. 148, col. 3.
amaṃgala lya a. 1 Inauspicious, evil, ill;
R. 12. 43;
°abhyāsaratiṃ Ku. 5. 65;
amaṃgalyaṃ śīlaṃ tava bhavatu nāmaikamakhilaṃ Puṣpadanta.
2 Unlucky, unfortunate.
— laḥ The castor-oil tree (
eraṃḍa).
— laṃ Inauspiciousness, illluck; evil;
oft. used in dramatic literature;
śāṃtaṃ pāpaṃ pratihatamamaṃgalaṃ;
cf. God forbid.