लघीयस् लघुता

लघु

लघु a. (घु or घ्वी f.)
1 Light, not heavy; तृणादपि लघुस्तूलस्तूलादपि च याचकः Subhāsh.; रिक्तः सर्वो भवति हि लघुः पूर्णता गौरवाय Me. 20 (where the word means ‘contemptible’ also); R. 9. 62.
2 Little, small, diminutive; Pt. 1. 253; Śi. 9. 38, 78.
3 Short, brief, concise; लघुसंदेशपदा सरस्वती R. 8. 77.
4 Trifling, trivial, insignificant, unimportant; कायस्थ इति लघ्वी मात्रा Mu. 1.
5 Low, mean, despicable, contemptible; Śi. 9. 23; Pt. 1. 106.
6 Weak, feeble.
7 Wretched, frivolous.
8 Active, light, nimble, agile; Ś. 2. 5.
9 Swift, quick, rapid; किंचित् पश्चाद् व्रज ल- घुगतिः Me. 16; R. 5. 45.
10 Easy, not difficult; R. 12. 66.
11 Easy to be digested, light (as food).
12 Short, (as a vowel in prosody).
13 Soft, low, gentle.
14 Pleasant, agreeable, desirable; R. 11. 12, 80.
15 Lovely, handsome, beautiful.
16 Pure, clean.
17 Sapless, pithless.
18 Young, younger; Mv. 6. 53. −m. N. of the Nakṣatras Hasta, Puṣya, and Aśvinī. −n.
1 A particular measure of time.
2 Agallochum, or a particular variety of it. −ind.
1 Lightly, meanly, contemptuously; लघु मन् ‘to think lightly of, despise, slight’; Ś. 7. 1.
2 Quickly, swiftly; लघु लघुत्थिता Ś. 4 ‘risen early’.
−Comp.
−आशिन्,
−आहार a. eating little, moderate in diet, abstemious.
−उक्तिः f. a brief mode of expression. −उत्थान, −समु- त्थान a. working actively, doing work rapidly.
−काय a. light-bodied. (
−यः) a goat.
−क्रम a. having a quick step, going quickly.
−खट्विका a small bedstead.
−गोधूमः a small kind of wheat. −चित्त, −चेतस् −मनस्, −हृदय a. 1. light-minded, low-hearted, littleminded, mean-hearted. −2. frivolous. −3. fickle, unsteady.
−चिर्भिटा colocynth.
−जंगलः a kind of quail (लाव- क).
−द्राक्षा a small stoneless grape.
−द्राविन् a. melting easily.
−नामन् m. agallochum.
−पत्रिका the Rocanā plant. −पर्णी, −कर्णी N. of a plant (Mar. मोरवेल). −पाक, −पाकिन् a. easily digested.
−पुष्पः a kind of Kadamba.
−प्रयत्न a. 1. pronounced with slight articulation (as a letter). −2. indolent, lazy. −बदरः, −बदरी f. a kind of jujube.
−भवः humble birth or origin.
−भोजनं a light re past.
−मांसः a kind of partridge.
−मूलं the lesser root of an equation.
−मूलकं a radish.
−लयं a kind of fragrant root (वीरणमूल).
−राशि a. composed of fewer terms (as the side of an equation).
−वासस् a. wearing light or pure clothes.
−विक्रम a. having a quick step, quick-footed.
−वृत्ति a. 1. ill-behaved, low, vile. −2. light, frivolous. −3. mismanaged, illdone.
−वेधिन् a. making a clever hit.
−हस्त a. 1. light-handed, clever, dexterous, expert; R. 9. 63. −2. active, agile. (
−स्तः) an expert or skilful archer.

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