# आम (āma)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ama

आम (āma) is a Sanskrit word meaning raw, uncooked, unbaked, unannealed, undressed, unripe or immature, undigested, soft and delicate, as skin. Its 40 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Raw, Uncooked, Unripe, Unprocessed, Sickness, Disease, Specific Ailments, Undigested State & Digestive Ailments.

- **Etymology:** E. अम to be sick, घञ् aff — E. ama to be sick, ghañ aff
- **SLP1:** `Ama`  **IAST:** āma  **Devanagari:** आम
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ama/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Raw, Uncooked, Unripe, Unprocessed (17 definitions)
- Raw, uncooked  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 146,1] 1. आ (ā) म (āma) mf( आ (ā) )n. raw, uncooked (opposed to पक्व (pakva), q.v. ), Ṛg-veda (Title); Atharva-veda (Title); Manu-smṛti (Title); Yājñavalkya (Author) &c. [ ID=25396 ]
- Unbaked, unannealed  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > unbaked, unannealed, Atharva-veda (Title); Mahābhārata (Title); Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) &c. [ ID=25398 ]
- undressed  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > undressed [ ID=25399 ]
- unripe or immature  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > unripe, immature, Suśruta (Title) &c. [ ID=25400 ]
- The state of being raw  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > आम (āma) ( अम् (am) ), n. state or condition of being raw, Suśruta (Title) [ ID=25406 ]
- Raw and uncooked  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 0248-b ] आम (āma) a. [ आम (āma) ्यते ईषत् पच्यते; आ - अम (āmyate īṣat pacyate; ā-ama) कर्मणि घञ् (karmaṇi ghañ) Tv. ] 1 Raw, uncooked, undressed ( opp. पक्व (pakva) ) ( oft. applied to the cow in the Veda); आम (āma) ान्नं (āmānnaṃ) Manusmṛti 4. 223; Yājñavalkya (Mr. Mandlik’s Edition) 1. 287
- Unripe, immature  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 0248-b ] आम (āma) a. [ आम (āma) ्यते ईषत् पच्यते; आ - अम (āmyate īṣat pacyate; ā-ama) कर्मणि घञ् (karmaṇi ghañ) Tv. ] 2 Unripe, immature
- Unbaked or unannealed  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 0248-b ] आम (āma) a. [ आम (āma) ्यते ईषत् पच्यते; आ - अम (āmyate īṣat pacyate; ā-ama) कर्मणि घञ् (karmaṇi ghañ) Tv. ] 3 Unbaked, unannealed (as a jar)
- State of being raw  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — मं (maṃ) 1 State of being raw
- 1. Raw or uncooked. 2. Crude or unripe. 3. Unburned.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 040-3 ] आम (āma) āmá, a. raw, uncooked; crude, unripe; unburned. [ ID=3714 ]
- 1. Raw, undressed, or unripe. 2. Unbaked or unannealed. 3. Sickness or disease. 4. Constipation. 5. Grain freed from the chaff.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 116 ] आम (āma) mfn. ( - मः (-maḥ)- मा - मं (-maḥ-mā-maṃ) ) 1 Raw, undressed, unripe. 2 Unbaked, unannealed. m. ( - मः (-maḥ) ) 1 Sickness, disease. 2 Constipation, passing hard and unhealthy excretions. 3 Grain freed from the chaff. E. अम (ama) to be sick, घञ् (ghañ) aff. [ ID=5584 ]
- 1. Raw, unripe, or immature. 2. Uncooked or unbaked. 3. Undigested.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 104-19 ] आम (āma) (I) a. (f. मा (mā) ) 1. Raw, unripe, immature; 2. uncooked, unbaked, M. iv.223; 3. undigested. [ ID=5224 ]
- 1. Raw, undressed, or unripe. 2. Unbaked or unannealed. 3. Sickness or disease. 4. Constipation. 5. Grain freed from the chaff.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 095-b ] आम (āma) mfn. ( - मः (-maḥ)- मा - मं (-maḥ-mā-maṃ) ) 1. Raw, undressed, unripe. 2. Unbaked, unannealed. m. ( - मः (-maḥ) ) 1. Sickness, disease. 3. Constipation, passing hard and unhealthy excretions. 4. Grain freed from the chaff. E. अम् (am) to be sick, घञ् (ghañ) aff. [ ID=5582 ]
- 1. Raw or uncooked. 2. Unbaked.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 0082-b ] आम (āma) āma, i. e. am + a, adj., f. mā. 1. Raw, undressed, Man. 4, 223. 2. Unbaked (as a pot), Pañc. iii. d. 13. — Cf. ὠμός. [ ID=1601 ]
- raw  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 064 ] आम (āma) a. raw. [ ID=4401 ]
- raw  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 126-a ] āmá, a. raw. [ cf. ὠμός, ‘raw’; Lat. amārus, ‘bitter.’] [ ID=632 ]
- 1. Raw, uncooked, unbaked, unripe, or undigested. 2. The condition of being raw, constipation, or grain freed from chaff.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 0125-a ] आम (āma) 1. āma, as, ā, am (fr. rt. 2. am? ), raw, uncooked (the opposite to pakva, q. v.; in the Veda Page0125-b+ 75 often an epithet of the cow considered as the raw material which produces the milk); unbaked, unan- nealed; undressed; unripe, immature; undigested; ( am ), n. condition of being raw; constipation, pass- ing hard and unhealthy excretions; grain freed from chaff; [cf. Gr. ὠμό-ς Hib. amh, ‘raw, unsodden, crude, unripe.’] —Āma-kumbha, as, m. a water-jar of unbaked clay. —Āma-gandhi, n. smell of raw meat or of a burning corpse. —Āma-gandhika, am, n. the smell of raw meat. —Āma-tā, f. rawness, un- readiness. —Āma-tvac, k, k, k, tender-skinned. —Āma-pātra, am, n. an unannealed vessel. —Āma- pīnasa, am, n. running at the nose, defluxion. —Āma-māṃsa, as, m. raw flesh. —Āmamāṃsāśin (°sa-āś°), ī, m. a cannibal, eater of raw flesh. —Āma-rakta, as, m. dysentery. —Āma-rasa, as, m. imperfect chyme. —Āma-vāta, as, m. constipa- tion or torpor of the bowels with flatulence and intu- mescence. —Āma-śūla, as, m. the cholic, pain arising from indigestion. —Āmātisāra (°ma-at°), as, m. dysentery or diarrhœa produced by vitiated mucus in the abdomen; the excretion being mixed with hard and fetid matter. —Āmād (°ma-ad), t, t, t, eating raw flesh or food. —Āmānna (°ma-an°), am, n. undressed rice. —Āmāśaya (°ma-āś°), as, m. the receptacle of the undigested food, the upper part of the belly to the navel, the stomach. [ ID=8880 ]

### Sickness, Disease, Specific Ailments (5 definitions)
- Sickness or disease  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 146,2] 2. आम (āma) m. (probably identical with 1. आम (āma) ), sickness, disease, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=25437 ]
- Disease or sickness  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — मः (maḥ) 1 Disease; sickness
- 1. Sickness. 2. Raw.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 093-a ] आम (āma) ( मः ) ((maḥ)) 1. m. Sickness. a. Raw. [ ID=4961 ]
- 1. Disease or sickness. 2. Constipation. 3. Grain freed from chaff.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) (II) m. 1. Disease, sickness; 2. constipation; 3. grain freed from chaff. [ ID=5225 ]
- sickness or disease  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0125-b ] आम (āma) 2. āma, as, m. or āmana, am, n. (fr. rt. 2. am ), sickness, disease. [ ID=8883 ]

### Undigested State & Digestive Ailments (5 definitions)
- undigested  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > undigested, Suśruta (Title) [ ID=25401 ]
- Constipation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > आम (āma) ( अस् (as) ), m. or ( अम् (am) ), n. constipation, passing hard and unhealthy excretions, Suśruta (Title) [ ID=25405 ]
- Undigested  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 0248-b ] आम (āma) a. [ आम (āma) ्यते ईषत् पच्यते; आ - अम (āmyate īṣat pacyate; ā-ama) कर्मणि घञ् (karmaṇi ghañ) Tv. ] 4 Undigested
- Constipation, passing hard excretion.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — मं (maṃ) 2 Constipation, passing hard excretion
- Indigestion  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — मः (maḥ) 2 Indigestion; आहारस्य रसः सारः यो (āhārasya rasaḥ sāraḥ yo) न पक्वोऽग्निलाधवात् । आमसज्ञां स लभते (na pakvo'gnilādhavāt. āmasajñāṃ sa labhate) महाव्याधिसमाश्रयः ॥ (mahāvyādhisamāśrayaḥ..) Suśr

### Proper Names (4 definitions)
- Name of a son of Krishna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > आम (āma) ( अस् (as) ), m. N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=25403 ]
- A son of Ghrita-prishtha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 146,2] of a son of Ghṛta-pṛṣṭha, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) v, 20, 21 [ ID=25404 ]
- a son of Ghritaprishta  
  *The Purana Index*
  > आम (āma) [Printed book page 1-165 ] Āma (I) — a son of Ghṛtapṛṣṭha. Bhā. V. 20. 21. [ ID=1322 ]
- a son of Krishna and Satya  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Āma (II) — a son of Kṛṣṇa and (Satyā) daughter of Nagnacit. Bhā. X. 61. 13. [ ID=1323 ]

### Specific Raw/Uncooked Items or Contexts (3 definitions)
- Name of the cow, considered as the raw material that produces prepared milk  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the cow (considered as the raw material which produces the prepared milk), Ṛg-veda (Title) iii, 30, 14, &c. [ ID=25397 ]
- eating raw flesh or food  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — अद् (ad) a. eating raw flesh or food
- smelling of raw meat or of a burning corpse  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — गंधि (gaṃdhi) n. smelling of raw meat or of a burning corpse

### Fine, Soft, Tender Texture (2 definitions)
- Soft and delicate, as skin  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > fine, soft, tender (as a skin), Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) iii, 31, 27 [ ID=25402 ]
- of tender skin  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — त्वच् (tvac) a. of tender skin

### Grain (Processed/Unprocessed State) (2 definitions)
- Grain not yet freed from chaff  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > grain not yet freed from chaff [ ID=25407 ]
- Grain freed from chaff.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — मं (maṃ) 3 Grain freed from chaff

### Etymology or Cross-Reference (1 definition)
- Raw, crude, or unripe  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > आम (āma) [ cf. Gk. ὠμός; Lat. amārus; Hib. amh, ‘raw, unsodden, crude, unripe’; Old Germ. ampher; Mod. Germ. (Sauer-)ampfer.] [ ID=25408 ]

### Interjection 'Yes' (1 definition)
- Yes  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 1319,3] 3. आम (āma) 1. ind. yes, Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan (Title) [ ID=25445.1 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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