laghutā लघुता – mobility; lightness
substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive feminine
mobility; lightness
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
laghutā ·f. °tva n. quickness, lightness, freshness, agility; smallness, insignificance, shortness (pros.); fickleness, frivolity; humbleness, meanness, contemptibleness.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
—Laghu-tā, f. or laghu- tva, am, n. quickness, rapidity, agility, activity; lightness, levity, ease, facility; shortness; smallness, littleness, lowness, meanness, insignificance, unim- portance, thoughtlessness, levity, frivolity; wanton- ness; want of rank or dignity, humbleness of origin; disregard, disrespect.
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
laghutā (von laghu) f. 1〉 Behendigkeit, Geschicklichkeit MBH. 7,4654. fg. bāhūnām MĀRK. P. 19,15. — 2〉 Leichtigkeit SUŚR. 1,43,20. SUŚR. 1,149,1. SUŚR. 1,43,17. SUŚR. 1,313,4. ṚT. 3,4. śarīra˚ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 237,a, No. 568. — 3〉 prosodische Kürze VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,57. Ind. St. 8,223. — 4〉 Kleinheit, Kürze, Geringigkeit, Unbedeutendheit: kaśmalaṃ laghutāṃ yāti MBH. 13,7145. dināni laghutāṃ yayuḥ wurden kurz RĀJA-TAR. 3,170. — 5〉 Leichtsinn, Uebereilung, Unüberlegtheit R. 2,27,2. — 6〉 geringes Ansehen, Mangel an Würde, Erniedrigung R. 5,70,9. Spr. 1079. Spr. 2505. Spr. 4508. Spr. 4911. ŚIŚ. 9,56. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,57. BHĀG. P. 5,1,20.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
laghutā f. — 1〉 Behendigkeit, Geschicklichkeit. — 2〉 Leichtigkeit ŚIŚ. 7,59. — 3〉 das Gefühl der Leichtigkeit, — der körperlichen Frische KĀRAṆḌ. 18,8. — 4〉 prosodische Kürze. — 5〉 Kleinheit, Kürze, Geringigkeit, Unbedeutendheit ŚIŚ. 7,59. — 6〉 Leichtsinn, Uebereilung, Unüberlegtheit. — 7〉 geringes Ansehen, Mangel an Würde, Erniedrigung.
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
laghutā, -tvaṃ 1 Lightness, levity. 2 Smallness, littleness. 3 (a) Insignificance, unimportance, contempt, absence of dignity; iṃdro'pi laghutāṃ yāti svayaṃ prakhyāpitairguṇaiḥ. (b) Obscurity of birth, humbleness of origin. 4 Dishonour, disrespect; Pt. 1. 140, Pt. 1. 353. 5 Activity, quickness. 6 Shortness, brevity. 7 Ease, facility. 8 Thoughtlessness, frivolity. 9 Wantonness.
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
laghutā f., ˚tva n. Leichtigkeit, Behendigkeit, Kürze (pros.), Leichtsinn; Unbedeutsamkeit, Mangel an Würde.
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