# अनुलोम (anuloma)

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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 — E. anu, and loman hair of the body
- **SLP1:** `anuloma`  **IAST:** anuloma  **Devanagari:** अनुलोम
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuloma
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/anuloma/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** अनुलोमा (anulomā)

## Meanings by context

### Regular Order, Natural Direction, Favourable (13 definitions)
- In regular order, natural, or successive  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 38,1] अनु - लोम (anu-loma) mf( आ (ā) )n. ‘with the hair or grain’ (opposed to प्रति - लोम (prati-loma), q.v. ), in a natural direction, in order, regular, successive [ ID=7168 ]
- conformable  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > conformable [ ID=7169 ]
- in regular order  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1C) [Printed book page 38,1] अनु - लोमम् (anu-lomam) ind. in regular order, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) &c. [ ID=7172 ]
- 1. Regular or in natural order. 2. Favourable or agreeable.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुलोम (anuloma) [Printed book page 0079-c ] अनुलोम (anuloma) a. [ अनुगतः लोम (anugataḥ loma) Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī V. 4. 75. ] 1 ‘With the hair,’ regular, in natural order, successive ( opp. प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) ); (hence), favourable, agreeable; ° सुखो वायुरनुसारयतीव मां (°sukho vāyuranusārayatīva māṃ) Rām.; त्रिरेनामनुलोमामनुमार्ष्टि (trirenāmanulomāmanumārṣṭi) Śat. Br.; ° कृष्टं (°kṛṣṭaṃ) क्षेत्रं प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) ं कर्षति (kṣetraṃ pratilomaṃ karṣati) Sk. ploughed in the regular direction
- In regular or natural order  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — मं (maṃ) adv. In regular or natural order; प्रतिलोममालिंपेन्नानुलोमं (maṃ) (pratilomamāliṃpennānulomaṃ) Suśr
- having favorable fortune  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — अय (aya) a. having fortune favourable
- Regular or successive  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनु (anu) लोम (anuloma) [Printed book page 035 ] अनु (anu) लोम (anuloma) mfn. ( - मः - मा - मं (-maḥ-mā-maṃ) ) Regular, successive, with the hair or grain. E. अनु (anu), and लोमन् (loman) hair of the body. [ ID=1628 ]
- Regular  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुलोम (anuloma) [Printed book page 028-b ] अनु - लोम (anu-loma) ( मः - मा - मं ) ((maḥ-mā-maṃ)) a. Regular. [ ID=1355 ]
- 1. In regular order. 2. Mixed, referring to a tribe or caste.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुलोम (anuloma) [Printed book page 025-42 ] अनुलोम (anuloma) a. (f. मा (mā) ) 1. In natural direction, in regular order, (op. to प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) ); 2. mixed (as a tribe or caste). [ ID=1483 ]
- Regular and successive  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुलोम (anuloma) [Printed book page 029-b ] अनुलोम (anuloma) mfn. ( - मः - मा - मं (-maḥ-mā-maṃ) ) Regular, successive, with the hair or grain. E. अनु, (anu,) and लोमन् (loman) hair of the body. [ ID=1626 ]
- 1. Natural and regular. 2. A woman of a caste inferior to the man's.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुलोम (anuloma) [Printed book page 022 ] अनुलोम (anuloma) a. with the hair or grain, i.e. natural, regular. अनुलोम (anuloma) (°—) ° मम् (°mam) adv. f. अनुलोम (anuloma) ा (anulomā) a woman of a caste inferior to the man's; ° मज (°maja) m. her son. [ ID=1508 ]
- 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.  
  *Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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). [ ID=3292 ]
- 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)*
  > अनुलोम (anuloma) [Printed book page 0038-c ] अनुलोम (anuloma) anu-loma, as, ā, am, in a natural direction, in regular order, regular, successive, with the hair ( loman ) or grain (opposed to prati-loma ); ( ā ), f. a woman of a lower caste than that of the man's with whom she is connected; ( ās ), pl. mixed castes. —Anuloma-kalpa, as, m. the thirty-fourth of the Pariśiṣṭas belonging to the Atharva-veda. —Anu- loma-kṛṣṭa, as, ā, am, ploughed in the regular direction (with the grain). —Anuloma-ja, as, ā, am, produced or born in due gradation; applied especially to the mixed tribes; or offspring of a mother inferior in caste to the father, as the Mūrdhāvasikta of a Brāhman father and Kṣatriyā mother, and so on with the Ambaṣṭha, Niṣāda or Pāraśava, Māhiṣya, Ugra, Karaṇa. —Anuloma-pariṇītā, f. married in regular gradation. —Anulomāya (°ma-aya), as, ā, am, having fortune favourable. [ ID=2544 ]

### Offspring or Mixed Castes from Anuloma Marriage (5 definitions)
- mixed castes  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > अनु - लोम (anu-loma) m. pl. ‘descendants of an anulomā’, mixed castes, ( g. उपका (upakā) दि (di), q.v. ) [ ID=7171 ]
- Mixed as a tribe  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुलोम (anuloma) [Printed book page 0079-c ] अनुलोम (anuloma) a. [ अनुगतः लोम (anugataḥ loma) Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī V. 4. 75. ] 2 Mixed as a tribe
- Mixed castes  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — माः (māḥ) ( pl. ) Mixed castes
- born, produced, or generated  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ज (ja)
- born in due gradation as the offspring of a mother inferior in caste to the father  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — जन्मन् (janman) a. born in due gradation, offspring of a mother inferior in caste to the father; said of the mixed tribes; Manusmṛti 10. 25; Yājñavalkya (Mr. Mandlik’s Edition) 1. 95. [ ID=1866 ]

### 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)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 38,1] अनु - लोमा (anu-lomā) f. a woman of a lower caste than that of the man's with whom she is connected, Yājñavalkya (Author) [ ID=7170 ]
- A woman of a lower caste than the man she marries  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — मा (mā) A woman of the lower caste than that of the man's whom she marries; Yājñavalkya (Mr. Mandlik’s Edition) 2. 288

### Anuloma as a Proper Name (1 definition)
- a Saimhikeya  
  *The Purana Index*
  > अनुलोम (anuloma) [Printed book page 1-060 ] Anuloma — a Saimhikeya. Vā. 68. 19. [ ID=461 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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