apāṃga

apāṃga gaka a. [apagataṃ aṃgaṃ yasya]

1 Wanting or deformed in some limb of the body.

2 Maimed, crippled.

— gaḥ, gakaḥ [apāṃgati tiryak calati netraṃ yatra, apa-aṃg-ghañ]

1 The outer corner or angle of the eye; calāpāṃgāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ Ś. 1. 24; ammahe apāṃgakaḥ sphurati kimapi vāmakaḥ M. 2. 4.

2 A sectarial mark on the forehead.

3 Cupid, the god of love.

4 N. of a plant (apāmārga).

Comp.

— darśanaṃ, dṛṣṭiḥ f.,

— vilokitaṃ,

— vīkṣaṇaṃ &c. a side-glance, side-long (pb) look, wink.

— deśaḥ the place of the corner of the eye; the corner itself.

— netra a. (said of a lady) having eyes with beautiful (or long) outer corners; yadiyaṃ punarapyapāṃganetrā parivṛttārdhamukhī mayādya dṛṣṭā V. 1. 17 (a better interpretation would however be ‘with the eyes turned towards the corners’ apāṃgayoḥ prerite netre yayā i. e. casting side-long looks).