arvāṃc

arvāṃc a. [avare kāle deśe vā aṃcati pṛṣo° arvādeśaḥ]

1 Coming hitherward (opp. parāṃc).

2 Turned towards (pb) coming to meet any one.

3 Being on this side (as the bank of a river); (opp. para).

4 Being below or behind (in time or place).

5 Following, subsequent.

— k ind.

1 Hitherward, on this side.

2 From a certain point.

3 Before (in time or place); yatsṛṣṭerarvāk salilamayaṃ brahmāṃḍamabhūt K. 125; arvāk saṃvatsarātsvāmī hareta parato nṛpaḥ Y. 2. 173, 113; 1. 254; Ms. 8. 30; 5. 59.

4 On the lower side, behind, downwards (opp. ūrdhvaṃ).

5 Afterwards, subsequently.

6 (With loc.) Within, near; ete cārvāgupavanabhuvi chinnadarbhāṃkurāyāṃ . Ś. 1. 15.

Comp.

— kālaḥ posterior time.

— kālika a. belonging to proximate time, modern; °tā modernness, posterity of time; Ms. 12. 96.

— kūlaṃ the near bank of a river.

— bila a. Ved. having the hole or mouth hitherward.

— vasu a. offering riches. (

— suḥ)

1 rain.

2 a cloud.

— sāman n. Ved. epithet of three days during which the Soma sacrifice is performed.

— srotas m. N. of a creation of beings in which the current of nutriment tends downwards, or where the men are addicted to sensual enjoyments.