अङ्ग

Definitions

• (√ अम् Uṇ.), a limb of the body
• a limb, member
• the body
• a subordinate division or department, especially of a science, as the six वेदाङ्गs hence the number six
• Name of the chief sacred texts of the जैनs
• a limb or subdivision of मन्त्र or counsel (said to be five, viz. 1. कर्मणाम् आरम्भोपायः, means of commencing operations ; 2. पुरुष-द्रव्य-सम्पद्, providing men and materials ; 3. देश-काल-विभाग, distribution of place and time ; 4. विपत्ति-प्रतीकार, counter-action of disaster ; 5. कार्य-सिद्धि, successful accomplishment ; whence मन्त्र is said to be पञ्चाङ्ग)
• any subdivision, a supplement
• (grammar) the base of a word, but in the strong cases only.
• anything inferior or secondary, anything immaterial or unessential, » अङ्ग-ता
• (rhetoric) an illustration
• (drama) the whole of the subordinate characters
• expedient
• a mental organ, the mind