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vāmako

vāmaka

masc nom sg of vāmaka (noun); masc nom sg of vāmaka (adj)

1. name of a Vedic sage; lit. left handed; (comm) well spoken; (or) dwafish
2. left; left-hand side

Etymology. vāma + ka; Sanskrit vāmaka

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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