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Entry विरल

विरलviralaa.Having interstices, separated by intervals, thin, not thick or compact; विपर्यासं यातो घनविरलभावः क्षितिरुहाम्…
1. Having interstices, separated by intervals, thin, not thick or compact; विपर्यासं यातो घनविरलभावः क्षितिरुहाम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.27;1.2; भवति विरलभक्तिर्म्लानपुष्पापहारः R.5.74.
2. Fine, declicate.
3. Loose, wide apart.
4. Rare, scarcely found, unfrequent; विरला हि तेषामुप- देष्टारः K.; स्तिमितोन्नतसंचारा जनसंतापहारिणः । जायन्ते विरला लोके जलदा इव सज्जनाः ॥ Pt.1.29.
5. Few, little (referring to number or quantity); तत्त्वं किमपि काव्यानां जानाति विरलो भुवि Bv.1.117; विरलातपच्छविः Śi.9.3.
6. Remote, distant, long (as time, distance etc.).
Derived forms and compounds
- -लम् Curds, coagulated milk.
- -लम् Indeclinable Scarcely, rarely, not frequently.
- -जानुक Adjective bandy-legged, bow-kneed.
- -द्रवा a kind of gruel.
- -पातक Adjective sinning rarely.
- -पार्श्वग Adjective having scanty retinue.
- -भक्ति Adjective monotonous.
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