विरल a.
1 Having interstices, separated by intervals, thin, not thick or compact; विपर्यासं यातो घन- विरलभावः क्षितिरुहां U. 2. 27; 1. 20; भवति विरलभक्तिर्म्लानपुष्पापहारः R. 5. 74.
2 Fine, delicate.
3 Loose, wide apart.
4 Rare, scarcely found, unfrequent; विरला हि तेषामुपदेष्टारः K.; Pt. 1. 29.
5 Few, little (re ferring to number or quantity); त- त्त्वं किमपि काव्यानां जानाति विरलो भु- वि Bv. 1. 117; विरलातपच्छविः Śi. 9. 3.
6 Remote, distant, long (as time, distance &c.).
−लं Curds, coagulated milk.
−लं ind. Scarcely, rarely, not frequently.
−Comp.
−जानुक a. bandy-legged, bowkneed.
−द्रवा a kind of gruel.