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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for लेश

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. लेशleśam. a small part or portion, particle, atom, little bit or slight trace of (gen. or comp.; -तस् and एन, Ind. =…
    1. masculine gender a small part or portion, particle, atom, little bit or slight trace of (genitive case or compound; -तस् and एन, Ind. Equivalent to very slightly or briefly; लेश-शस्, in small pieces R.) Pra1t. ChUp. MBh. etc.
    2. masculine gender smallness, littleness W.
    3. masculine gender a particular division or short space of time (Equivalent to 2 or 12 Kala1s कला s) Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender a kind of song Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender (in rhetoric) a figure of speech in which a statement is made indirectly (exempli gratia, 'for example' Ven2is. ii, 4) Sa1h.
    6. masculine gender a figure of speech (in which what is usually considered as an advantage is represented as a disadvantage and vice versa) Kuval.
    7. masculine gender Name of a prince (a son of Su-hotra सु-होत्र) VP.
    8. लेश्य, लेष्टव्य etc. see page and participle 903, column 1 .
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. लेशleśa[les-a] m. [√lis=√ris] particle, atom, drop, little bit, small amount of (g., --˚; very common --˚=very little…

    [les-a] masculine [√lis=√ris] particle, atom, drop, little bit, small amount of (genitive, --˚; very common --˚Equivalent tovery little or slight, insignifi cant; ˚--, instrumental, or -tas, very slightly or briefly); a rhetorical figure in which a statement is made indirectly (e. genitive 'the boast of the Pân davas on slaying Bhîshma under the leader ship of Sikhandin will be ours'); a rhetori cal figure in which what is usually considered as an advantage is represented as a disadvan tage and vice versâ.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · लेश

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