अश्लीलaślīlaa.Unpleasant, ugly.
[न श्रियं लाति ला-क,]
- Unpleasant, ugly.
- Vulgar, obscene, coarse; अश्लीलप्रायान् कलकलान् Dk. 49; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपरिवाद Ill report; भास्करालोकनाश्लीलपरिवादादि वर्जयेत् Y.1.33.
- Abusive.
Derived forms and compounds
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-लम्
- Rustic or coarse language, low abuse.
- (In Rhet.) A fault of composition; using such words as produce in the mind of the hearer a feeling of shame, disgust or inauspiciousness; त्रिधा अश्लीलम्; त्रिधेति-व्रीडाजुगुप्सा- मङ्गलव्यञ्जकत्वात् K. Parasmaipada7; Exempli gratia, for example in साधनं सुमहद्यस्य; मुग्धा कुड्मलिताननेन दधती वायुं स्थिता तत्र सा, and मृदुपवनविभिन्नो मत्प्रियाया विनाशात्, the words साधन, वायु and विनाश are अश्लील, and produce respectively a sense of shame, disgust and inauspiciousness, साधन suggesting the sense of लिङ्ग (male organ of generation), वायु of the अपान wind (that escaping at the anus), and विनाश, of मृत्यु (death); Compare the instances under S. D. 574; दृप्तारिविजये राजन् साधनं सुमहत्तव । प्रससार शनैर्वायुर्विनाशे तन्वि ते तदा ॥
