وام

वाम vāma, vulg. vām, bām, adj. Reverse; adverse, opposite, contrary;—left (not right);—crooked;—vile, base, wicked, bad;—short;—beautiful, handsome, pleasing;—s.m. An epithet of Śiva, and of Kām-dev (the god of love);—a breast, an udder;—an animal; a sentient being;—a snake:—vām-aṅg, s.m. The left side:—vāmāćār (˚ma+āć˚), s.m. The left-hand ritual or doctrine of the Tantras, i.e. the worship of the Śaktior Female Energy personified as the wife of Śiva (according to the grosser system, in which the eating of flesh, drinking of spirits, etc. is practised); unsound doctrine, heterodoxy:—vāmāćārī, adj. & s.m. (f. -inī), Following, or a follower of, the left-hand ritual of the Tantras;—heterodox;—a heterodox person:—vām-bhāg, s.m. The reverse side;—the left side;—good fortune or share:—vāmdār, s.f. An epithet of any beautiful woman:—vām-dev, s.m. A name of Śiva;—a proper name:—vām-mārg, s.m. The left-hand way or ritual (i.q. vāmāćār, q.v.):—vām-mārgī, s.m.=vāmāćārī.