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Results for लघुता

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

लघुताlaghutāत्वम् [tvam], त्वम् 1 Lightness, levity.
1. त्वम् tvam, त्वम् 1 Lightness, levity.
2. Smallness, littleness.
3. (a) Insignificance, unimportance, contempt, absence of dignity; इन्द्रोऽपि लघुतां याति स्वयं प्रख्यापितै- र्गुणैः. (b) Obscurity of birth, humbleness of origin.
4. Dishonour, disrespect; लघुत्वं याति सर्वतः Pt.1.14; येन स्याल्लघुता ...... तत्कर्म न कुर्यात् कुलसेवकः 353.
5. Activity, quickness.
6. Shortness, brevity.
7. Ease, facility.
8. Thoughtlessness, frivolity.
9. Wantonness.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

लघुताlaghutāf. quickness, promptness, agility, dexterity MBh. Ma1rkP.
1. feminine quickness, promptness, agility, dexterity MBh. Ma1rkP.
2. feminine lightness, ease, facility Sus3r. R2itus.
3. feminine feeling of ease, f feeling of bodily freshness Ka1ran2d2.
4. feminine prosodial shortness VarBr2S.
5. feminine smallness, littleness, meanness, insignificance MBh. Ra1jat. S3is3.
6. feminine light-mindedness, thoughtlessness, levity, wantonness R.
7. feminine want of rank or dignity, humbleness, disregard, disrespect Ka1v. Pan5cat. etc.
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गुरुलघुताgurulaghutāf. heaviness and lightness W.
1. feminine heaviness and lightness W.
2. feminine great and little value Bhartr2. ii, 37 (Subh.)
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प्रलघुताpralaghutāf. Mudr.

feminine Mudr.

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लघुतालlaghutālam. (in music) a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.

masculine gender (in music) a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

गुरुलघुताgurulaghutā[guru-laghu-tâ] f. great and little value; -lâghava, n. importance and insig nificance, relative value; -loka…

[guru-laghu-tâ] feminine; also equal for great and little value; -lâghava, neuter importance and insig nificance, relative value; -loka, masculine powerful men; -vat, adverb, -ial, -ially like a preceptor (Equivalent tonominative or locative); -vâsa, masculine sojourn with a preceptor, pupilage; -vritti, feminine; also equal for (proper) behaviour towards one's teacher: -para, adjective intent on one's teacher; -susrûshâ, feminine; also equal for obedience towards one's teacher; -susrûshu, adjective obedient to one's teacher; -sa khî, feminine; also equal for female friend of an elder relative; -samnidhi, masculine presence of the teacher; -sam avâya, masculine plurality of teachers; -strî-gam anîya, future participle passive relating to adultery with a teach er's wife.

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