अनुलोमanuloma

अनुलोम (anuloma) is a Sanskrit word meaning in regular order, natural, or successive, conformable, mixed castes, in a natural direction, in regular order, or successive, regular or in natural order, favourable or agreeable. Its 21 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Regular Order, Natural Direction, Favourable, Offspring or Mixed Castes from Anuloma Marriage, Anuloma Marriage or Woman in Such Marriage.

Etymology: E. अनु, and लोमन् hair of the body
Definitions: 21

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Regular Order, Natural Direction, Favourable

13 definitions

In regular order, natural, or successive

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

conformable

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

in regular order

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Regular or in natural order. 2. Favourable or agreeable.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

In regular or natural order

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

having favorable fortune

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Regular or successive

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Regular

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. In regular order. 2. Mixed, referring to a tribe or caste.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Regular and successive

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Natural and regular. 2. A woman of a caste inferior to the man's.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. In natural order or direction, regular, or successive. 2. A proper name. 3. A type of sandhi in Vedic grammar. 4. Mixed tribes or castes. 5. A woman of a caste inferior to that of the man. 6. In Buddhist literature, the regular order of certain ascetic rites.

अनु (anu)लोम (anuloma) [Printed book page 101-a]
अनु (anu)लोम (anuloma) I. Tatpur. 1. m. f. n. (-मः (-maḥ)-मा (-mā)-मम् (-mam) (-maḥ-mā-mam)) In natural

order or direction, regular, successive (liter. with the hair),

the reverse of प्रतिलोम (pratiloma); (pratiloma;) comp. e. g. प्रतिलोम (pratiloma)ानुलोमपाद- (pratilomānulomapāda-)

यमक (yamaka).

2. m. (-मः (-maḥ)) ¹ A proper name; his descendants are called

अनु (anu)लोम (anuloma)ाः (anulomāḥ) or आनुलोमयः (ānulomayaḥ) (plur. of आनुलोमि (ānulomi)); according

to another authority, however, the name of the descendants

ought to be अनु (anu)लोम (anuloma)ानः (anulomānaḥ) or आनुलोमयः (ānulomayaḥ) (plur. of आनुलोमि (ānulomi)).

² (In vaidik grammar; scil. अन्वक्षरसन्धि (anvakṣarasandhi)) One of the two

kinds of the Sandhi called अन्वक्षरसन्धि (anvakṣarasandhi) q. v., viz. when a

final vowel or the last syllable of एषः, स्यः (eṣaḥ, syaḥ) or सः (saḥ) is fol-

lowed by a consonant (of a new word; the case in the latter

three instances being similar to those of the meeting between

a final vowel and a beginning consonant, since their Visarga

is dropped). Compare प्रतिलोम (pratiloma).

3. m. plur. (-मा (-mā)ः (-māḥ)) scil. वर्णाः; (varṇāḥ;) mixed tribes or castes;

for the special meaning, in which this word is used, see

अनु (anu)लोम (anuloma)ज (anulomaja).

4. f. (-मा (-mā)) A woman of a caste inferior to that of the

man; e. g. a Kṣatriyā woman when spoken of in reference

to a Brāhmaṇa man. Comp. अनु (anu)लोम (anuloma)ज (anulomaja).

[5. (In Buddhistic literature the word अनु (anu)लोम (anuloma) expresses

the regular order in which certain ascetic rites are to be

performed; e. g. the kasinānuloma consists of the eight

first kasinas in their regular order, the dhyānānuloma of

the four successive dhyānas.]

II. Avyayībh. (-मम् (-mam)) In natural order, regularly, suc-

cessively. E. अनु (anu) and लोमन्, (loman,) samāsānta aff. अच् (ac).

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— Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

In a natural direction, in regular order, or successive; a woman of a lower caste than the man with whom she is connected; mixed castes.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Offspring or Mixed Castes from Anuloma Marriage

5 definitions

mixed castes

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mixed as a tribe

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mixed castes

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

born, produced, or generated

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

born in due gradation as the offspring of a mother inferior in caste to the father

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuloma Marriage or Woman in Such Marriage

2 definitions

a woman of a lower caste than the man with whom she is connected

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A woman of a lower caste than the man she marries

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuloma as a Proper Name

1 definition

a Saimhikeya

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Goldstücker 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.