वाम vām

वाम vāma vā:m (a) left, sinistral; reverse, contrary; adverse, perverse; vile, base; ~ता perversity; leftism, sinistrality; —पाश्र्व left flank; sinistral; —पाश्र्वता sinistrality; ~पार्श्विक sinistral; ~मार्ग the Ta:ntrik cult (which prescribes wine, woman, etc. as essentials); ~मार्गी a follower of ~मार्ग pertaining to the ~मार्ग.