असम [asama] a. a. Uneven, odd (as a number); असमशीलाः खलु मृगाः
[Bv.1.2;] mean, contemptible.
Unequal (in space, number or dignity); असमैः समीयमानः
[Pt.1.74.] Unequalled, matchless, unsurpassed; समवतारसमै- रसमैस्तटैः
[Ki.5.7;] वाद्यविशेषाणामसमः श्रोता
[K.12;] [Ms. 1.73.] Uneven, not level (as ground).
-मः N. N. of Buddha. -Comp.
-इषुः, -बाणः, -सायकः 'having an odd number of arrows', epithets of Cupid who has five arrows.
-नयन, -नेत्र, -लोचन a. a. 'having an odd number of eyes', epithets of Śiva, who has three eyes.-वृत्तम् a metre in which the gaṇas are not the same in all lines.