Dictionary meanings for vāmana from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. 1 (a) Short in stature, dwarfish, pigmy; chalavāmanaṃ Śi. 13. 12. (b) (Hence) Small, short, little, reduced in length; vāmanārci- riva dīpabhājanaṃ R. 19. 51; kathaṃ kathaṃ tāni (dināni) ca vāmanāni N. 22. 57.
2 Bent down, bent low (namra); śirasi sma jighrati surāribaṃdhane chalavāmanaṃ vinayavāmanaṃ tadā Śi. 13. 12.
3 Vile, low, base. naḥ 1 A dwarf, pigmy; prāṃśulabhye phale mohādudvāhuriva vāmanaḥ R. 1....
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (A) n. (of doubtful derivation) dwarfish, small or short in stature, a dwarf VS. &c 941,3 191096 mf (A) n. small, minute, short (also of days) MBh.; Ka1v. &c 941,3 191097 mf (A) n. bent, inclined HParis3. 941,3 191098 mf (A) n. relating to a dwarf or to Vishn2u viṣṇu (cf. below), treating of him Pur. 941,3 191099