num. a. (pl.) Sixteen. Comp. aṃśuḥ the planet Venus. aṃga a. having 16 parts or ingre- dients. ( gaḥ) a kind of perfume. aṃgulaka a. having the breadth of 16 fingers. aṃdhriḥ a crab. arcis m. the planet Venus. āvartaḥ a conch-shell. upacāra m. pl. the sixteen ways of doing homage to a deity &c.: they are thus enumerat- ed: āsanaṃ svāgataṃ pādyamarghyamācamanīyakam. madhuparkācama nānaṃ...