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[ल्-अप्]

1. Plucking, mowing.
2. Reaping, gathering (of corn).
3. A section, piece, fragment, bit; कुशमुष्टिमुपादाय लवं चैव तु स द्विजः Rām.7.66.6.
4. A particle, drop, small quantity; a little; Often times at the end of comp. in this sense; जललवमुचः Me.21,72; आचामति स्वेदलवान् मुखे ते R.13.2;6.57;16.66; अश्रुdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied 15.97; अमृतdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Ki.5.44; भ्रूक्षेपलक्ष्मीलवक्रीते दास इव Gīt.11; so तृणdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, अपराधdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, ज्ञानdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, सुखdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, धनdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc. etc.
5. Wool, hair; धान्ये सदे लवे वाह्ये नातिक्रामति पञ्चताम् Ms.8.151.
6. Sport.
7. A minute division of time (Equivalent to the sixth part of a twinkling); त्वं मुहूर्तस्तिथिस्त्वं च त्वं लवस्त्वं पुनः क्षणः Mb.1.25.14.
8. The numerator of a fraction.
9. A degree (in Astronomy).
10. Loss, destruction.
11. Name of a son of Rāma, one of the twins, the other being Kuśa quod vide, which see He with his brother was brought up by the sage Vālmīki, and they were taught by the poet to repeat his Rāmāyaṇa at assemblies etc.; (the derivation of his name, is given as स तौ कुशलवोन्मृष्टगर्भक्लेदौ तदाख्यया । कविः कुशलवावेव चकार किल नामतः ॥ R.15.32).
12. A kind of quail.

1. masculine gender (√1. लू) the act of cutting, reaping (of corn), mowing, plucking or gathering (of flowers etc.), Das दस् . Nalo7d.
2. masculine gender that which is cut or shorn off, a shorn fleece, wool, hair Mn. Ragh.
3. masculine gender anything cut off, a section, fragment, piece, particle, bit, little piece (681834 अम् indeclinable a little; लवम् अपि, even a little) MBh. Ka1v. etc. (confer, compare पदाति-ल्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
4. masculine gender a minute division of time, the 60th of a twinkling, half a second, a moment (according to to according to others 1/4000 or 1/5400 or 1/20250 of a Muhu1rta मुहूर्त) ibidem
5. masculine gender (in astronomy) a degree Gol.
6. masculine gender (in algebra) the numerator of a fraction Col.
7. masculine gender the space of 2 Ka1sht2ha1s काष्ठा s Lexicographers
8. masculine gender loss, destruction Lexicographers
9. masculine gender sport Lexicographers (confer, compare लल)
10. masculine gender Perdix Chinensis W.
11. masculine gender Name of a son of Ra1macandra रामचन्द्र and Si1ta1 सीता (he and his twin-brother Kus3a कुश were brought up by the sage Va1lmi1ki वाल्मीकि and taught by him to repeat his Ra1ma1yan2a रामायण at assemblies; confer, compare कुशी-लव) R. Ragh. Uttarar. Pur.
12. masculine gender of a king of Kas3mi1ra कश्मीर (father of Kus3a कुश) Ra1jat.
13. neuter gender (only Lexicographers) nutmeg
14. neuter gender cloves
15. neuter gender the root of Andropogon Muricatus
16. neuter gender a little (confer, compare masculine gender) .
17. etc. see page and participle898, columns 2, 3.

1. neuter gender not factitious (id est natural) salt
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not composed of artificial salt, ([Kull. on]) Mn. iii, 257; v, 73
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective or, according to Goldst. and NBD., better "(food) not containing acrid substances nor salt"; therefore also अक्षारा*लवण in the same sense confer, compare क्षार-लवण .