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    See also asamaḥ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 94.
    asama mfn. (-maḥ-mā-maṃ)

    1 Unequalled, individual, without a fellow or equal.

    2 Uneven, unequal either in surface or number. m. (-maḥ) A name of Buddha or a Buddha.

    E. a neg. and sama like, same.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 74, col. 1.
    a-sama (maḥ) 1. m. Buddha. a. Un-
    equal, unparalleled.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 104, col. 2.
    asama a-sama, as, ā, am, uneven, unequal

    either in surface or number; odd; unequalled, indi-

    vidual, without a fellow or equal; (as), m. a N. of

    Buddha or a Buddha. —Asama-ratha, as, ā, am,

    Ved. possessed of an unequalled chariot. —Asama-

    vāṇa or asama-sāyaka, as, m. or asameṣu (°ma-

    iṣ°), us, m. having an odd number of arrows, i. e.

    the five-arrowed, an epithet of Kāma. —Asamaujas

    (°ma-oj°), ās, m., N. of a person.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 211, col. 1.
    asama a.

    1 Uneven, odd (as a number); asamaśīlāḥ khalu mṛgāḥ Bv. 1. 2 mean, contemptible.

    2 Unequal (in space, number or dignity); asamaiḥ samīyamānaḥ Pt. 1. 74.

    3 Unequalled, matchless, unsurpassed; samavatārasamairasamaistaṭaiḥ Ki. 5. 7; vādyaviśeṣāṇāmasamaḥ śrotā K. 12; Ms. 10. 73.

    4 Uneven, not level (as ground).

    — maḥ N. of Buddha.

    Comp.

    — iṣuḥ, bāṇaḥ, sāyakaḥ ‘having an odd number of arrows,’ epithets of Cupid who has five arrows.

    — nayana, netra, locana a. ‘having an odd number of eyes’, epithets of Śiva, who has three eyes.

    — vṛttaṃ a metre in which the ganas are not the same in all lines.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 53.
    1 asama a. unlike, uneven.
    ☞ p. 53.
    2 ásama a. having no equal, incomparable.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 34, col. 2.
    asama á-sama, a. unequalled.
    ☞ p. 34, col. 2.
    asama a-sama, a. unequal; uneven, odd.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 119, col. 1.
    a-sama mfn. uneven, unequal (either by birth or in surface or number), Mn. x, 73; Kir. v, 7, &c.
    ☞ p. 119, col. 1.
    odd
    ☞ p. 119, col. 1.
    á-sama mf(ā)n. unequalled, without a fellow or equal, RV.; AV. &c.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 77, col. 2.
    asama

    mfn. (-maḥ-mā-maṃ)

    1. Unequalled, individual, without a fellow or
    equal.

    2. Uneven, unequal either in surface or number.

    m. (-maḥ) A
    name of Buddha or a Buddha.

    E. a neg. and sama like, same.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 290.
    asama a. Uneven, odd (as a number); asamaśīlāḥ khalu mṛgāḥ Bv.1.2; mean, contemptible. -2 Unequal (in space, number or dignity); asamaiḥ samīyamānaḥ Pt.1.74. -3 Unequalled, matchless, unsurpassed; samavatārasamairasamaistaṭaiḥ Ki.5.7; vādyaviśeṣāṇāmasamaḥ śrotā K.12; Ms.10.73. -4 Uneven, not level (as ground). -maḥ N. of Buddha. -Comp. -iṣuḥ, -bāṇaḥ, -sāyakaḥ 'having an odd number of arrows', epithets of Cupid who has five arrows. -nayana, -netra, -locana a. 'having an odd number of eyes', epithets of Śiva, who has three eyes. -vṛttam a metre in which the gaṇas are not the same in all lines.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 62, col. 2.
    asama asama a. (sama) qui n'a pas son pareil, incomparable.

    — S. m. l'Incomparable, le Buddha.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 101, col. 2.
    a-sama- a. inégal; incomparable; -tva- nt. conduite déplaisante.

    °kusuma-śara- °bāṇa- °sāyaka- m. Kāma.

    °śīla- a. qui ne va pas de pair avec, indigne de (instr.).

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 548.
    1. asama (3. a + sama) adj. ungleich: na samau nāsamau M. 10, 73. ungerade (von einer Zahl) in asamavāṇa, asamasāyaka und asameṣu .
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 548.
    2. ásama (wie eben)

    1) adj. nicht seines Gleichen habend, unvergleichlich, einzig: patîrbabhū̀thāsâmò janā̂nām ṚV. 6, 36, 4. àyùjo asâmò nṛbhîḥ 8, 52, 2. bṛ̀hantàṃ kṣayàmasâmàṃ janā̂nām 10, 47, 8. dìdyutâḥ 2, 13, 7. brahmā̂ṇi 7, 43, 1. 1, 54, 8. 6, 67, 1. 10, 71, 7. 89, 3. ùruḥ prâthatā̀masâmaḥ svàrgaḥ AV. 12, 3, 38. yo raṇeṣviva sarveṣu dyūteṣvapyasamo jayī KATHĀS. 23, 32. asamasāhasika VET. 4, 14.

    — 2) m. Buddha TRIK. 1, 1, 8.

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1079.
    1. asama ungleich KIR. 5, 7.
    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1079.
    2. asama

    1) Spr. 1365.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 153.
    á-sama, a., ohne Gleichen, unvergleichlich [samá ähnlich].

    -as von Indra {477,4} (pátis); {671,2}.

    -am [m.] kṣáyam {873,8}.

    -am [n.] kṣatrám {54,8}; bráhma {915,3}.

    -ās [m.] sákhāyas {897,7}.

    -āni bráhmāṇi {559,1}.

    -ā [f.] manīṣā́ {54,8}.

    -ās [A.] didyútas {204,7}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 147, col. 1.
    1. asama

    — 1) Adj.

    — a) ungleich , unebenbürtig GAUT. 17,20. Spr. 761. fg.

    — b) unpaar.

    — 2) m. ein best. Tact S. S. S. 233.

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 147, col. 1.
    2. ásama Adj. (f. ā) ohne Gleichen , unvergleichlich , einzig.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 36, col. 1.
    ásama ohnegleichen, unvergleichlich.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 541, col. 2.
    asama tri0 nāsti samoyasya . 1 atulye . “saṃpradhāryābravīddhātā
    na samau nāsamāviti” manuḥ . sumaḥyugmasaṃkhyānvitaḥ
    2 tadbhinne ayugme viṣame (vijoḍa) ekatripañcādi
    saṃkhyānviteca yathā meṣādiṣu dvādaśarāśiṣu meṣamithunasiṃha
    tulādhanuḥkumbhāḥ asamarāśayaḥ evamanyatrāpi . 3 buddhabhede pu0 .

    Bergaigne Études sur le lexique du Ṛgveda

    ☞ p. 236.

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 134.
    Asama — an Ajita deva.

    Br. II. 13. 93.