Dictionary meanings for viloma from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (mī f.) 1 Inverted reverse, inverse, contrary, opposite.
2 Produced in the reverse order.
3 Backward. maḥ 1 Reverse order, in- version.
2 A dog.
3 A snake.
4 N. of Varuṇa. maṃ A waterwheel, machine for raising water from a well. Comp. utpanna, ja, jāta, varṇa a. ‘born in the reverse order’; i. e. born of a mother whose caste is superior to the father's; cf. prati- lomaja also. kriyā,...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (A) n. (fr. 3. vi + loman) against the hair or grain, turned the wrong way, inverted, contrary to the usual or proper course, opposed (pavana-vil, turned against the wind; 199889.1 am ind., backwards) GopBr.; Var.; Ra1jat. 986,2 199880 mf (A) n. produced in reverse order MW. 986,2 199881 mf (A) n. refractory VarBr2S. 986,2 199882 mf (A) n. hairless (See tā below) 986,2 199883
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