lajjā लज्जा – modesty
substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive feminine
modesty
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
lajjā ·f. shame, bashfulness.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
Lajjā, f. shame, modesty, bashfulness; Shame (personified as the wife of Dharma and as the mother of Vinaya); the sensitive plant, Mimosa Pudica.
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive feminine
lajjā (von lajj) f. 1〉 Scham, Schamgefühl AK. 1,1,7,23. H. 311. HALĀY. 2,412. lajjayā R. 2,98,19. ŚĀK. 15,3. Spr. 2265. KATHĀS. 18,103. PAÑCAT. 84,10. ˚vinamrānanā VARĀH. BṚH. S. 78,12. guṇaughajananī Spr. 2655. lajjā tiraścāṃ yadi cetasi syāt Spr. 2656. fgg. Spr. 2679. RĀJA-TAR. 5,324. lajjāvṛta MBH. 3,1852. lajjādautukatoḥ saṃmardaḥ KATHĀS. 3,66. kīṃ na nairava lajjā te kuṛvataḥ kośasaṃvṛtim Spr. 1879. yuvāṃ me kā lajjā warum sollte ich mich euer schämen KATHĀS. 2,53. śṛṅgāralajjāṃ nirūpayati ŚĀK. 14,3. eṣaiva mahatī lajjā sadācārasya bhūpateḥ . yadakālabhavo mṛtyustasya saṃspṛśati prajāḥ .. RĀJA-TAR. 4,84. kasmānna lajjāmavahan Spr. 3506. lajjāvaha RĀJA-TAR. 6,177. lajjodvahana RĀJA-TAR. 5,384. alajjākara Spr. 2707. lajjākṛti Scham heuchelnd Spr. 688. lajjojjhitā RĀJA-TAR. 6,322. apakṛṣya lajjām MBH. 3,2726. vihāya lajjām RAGH. 2,40. vyasmarallajjām RĀJA-TAR. 2,22. am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā): mukta˚ R. 2,36,13. KUMĀRAS. 3,7. tyakta˚ BHĀG. P. 5,26,23. hāta˚ BHĀG. P. 8,7,33. prāglajjā RĀJA-TAR. 4,37. alajjā schamlos MBH. 13,518. salajja verschämt, Schamgefühl besitzend R. 1,34,23. Spr. 277. KATHĀS. 13,51. KATHĀS. 21,69. KATHĀS. 45,263. DAŚAK. 64,2. PAÑCAT. 45,8. salajjam adv. ŚĀK. 38,4. VIKR. 22,12. DHŪRTAS. 72,15. DAŚAK. 73,12. Die Scham personificirt als Gattin Dharmaʼs MBH. 1,2579. HARIV. 12452. VP. 54. MĀRK. P. 50,21. Mutter Vinayaʼs 27. Vgl. nirlajja. — 2〉 = lajjālu 2〉 RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
lajjā 1〉 ˚kara VEṆĪS. 11,6.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
lajjā f. — 1〉 Scham, Schamgefühl, Verlegenheit, das Sichschämen einer Sache (im Comp. vorangehend Chr. 124,33). putrau yuvāṃ me kā lajjā ihr seid meine Kinder, warum sollte ich mich schämen? KATHĀS. 2,53. Die personificirte Scham ist eine Gattin Dharmaʼs und Mutter Vinayaʼs. — 2〉 *Mimosa pudica RĀJAN. 5,104.
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
lajjā [lajj bhāve a] 1 Shame, ([Page 0923-a]) kāmāturāṇāṃ na bhayaṃ na lajjā Subhāṣ.; vihāya lajjāṃ R. 2. 40; Ku. 1. 48. 2 Bashfulness, modesty; śṛṃgāralajjāṃ nirūpayati Ś. 1; Ku. 3. 7; R. 7. 25; lajje tvaṃ majja siṃdhau Subhāṣ. 3 N. of the sensitive plant. Comp. — anvita a. modest, bashful. — āvaha, — kara a. (rā or rī f.) causing shame, shameful, disgraceful, ignominious; Pt. 5. 10. — śīla a. bashful, modest. — rahita, -śūnya, -hīna, a. shameless, impudent, immodest.
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
lajjā f. Verlegenheit, Scham.
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
Original text · French · substantive feminine
lajjā lajjā f. honte, pudeur. lajjātu a. (sfx. ālu) qui rougit [de honte ou de pudeur]. — S. m. la sensitive. lajjāvat a. (sfx. vat) modeste, pudique; honteux. lajjāśila a. (śīla) mms. lajjyā f. (sfx. ya) modestie, pudeur.
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DYS 1 occurrence
HP 1 occurrence
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