लेलिहान लेश्या

लेश

लेश [लिश्-घञ्]
1 A small bit or portion, a particle, an atom, a very small quantity; क्लेश (v. l. स्वेद) लेशैरभिन्नं Ś. 2. 4; श्चमबारिलेशैः Ku. 3. 38; so भाक्तिº, गुणº &c.
2 Smallness, littleness.
3 A measure of time (equal to two kalās).
4 (In Rhet.) A figure of speech which consists in representing what is usually considered as an advantage to be a disadvantage and vice versa. It is thus defined in R. G.: −गुणस्यानिष्टसाधनतया दोषत्वेन दोषस्ये- ष्टसाधनतया गुणत्वेन च वर्णनं लेशः; for examples see ad loc. (Mammaṭa appears to include this figure under विशेष, see K. P. 10 under विशेष and commentary).
−Comp.
−उक्त a. only suggested, or hinted at, insinuated.

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