Apte Dictionary

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Entry लेश

लेशleśaA small bit or portion, a particle, an atom, a very small quantity; क्लेश (v. l. स्वेद)- लेशैरभिन्नम् Ś.2.4…
[लिश्-घञ्]
1. A small bit or portion, a particle, an atom, a very small quantity; क्लेश (Vartious reading स्वेद)- लेशैरभिन्नम् Ś.2.4; श्रमवारिलेशैः Ku.3.38; so भक्तिdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, गुणdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.
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 andvice versa. It is thus defined in R. G.: गुणस्यानिष्टसाधन- तया दोषत्वेन दोषस्येष्टसाधनतया गुणत्वेन च वर्णनं लेशः; for examples see ad Locative (Mammaṭa appears to include this figure under विषेश. See K. Parasmaipada1 under विशेष and commentary.) Compare Ve.2.4.
Derived forms and compounds
- -उक्त Adjective only suggested, or hinted at, insinuated.
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