lajjā

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[apte] [lajj bhāve a] 1 Shame, [Page0923-a+ 56] kāmāturāṇāṃ na bhayaṃ na lajjā Subhāsh.; vihāya lajjāṃ R. 2. 40; Ku. 1. 48. --2 Bashfulness, modesty; śṛṃgārala- jjāṃ nirūpayati Ś. 1; Ku. 3. 7; R. 7. 25; lajje tvaṃ majja siṃdhau Subhāsh. --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, mod-...

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[lajj bhāve a] 1 Shame, [Page0923-a+ 56] kāmāturāṇāṃ na bhayaṃ na lajjā Subhāsh.; vihāya lajjāṃ R. 2. 40; Ku. 1. 48. --2 Bashfulness, modesty; śṛṃgārala- jjāṃ nirūpayati Ś. 1; Ku....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

165

Texts Appeared In

40

DCS: furnished with a pitcher

Semantic Classification

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Concordance (Sample)

• Pañcārthabhāṣya surface: lajjā

  yat kuśalenābhyupāyenopapadyate tad ekapaṭalam anekapaṭalaṃ vā grāmyādibhyo niṣp

• Pañcārthabhāṣya surface: lajjā

  āha lajjāvinivṛttir asya kadā bhavatīti

• Pañcārthabhāṣya surface: lajjā

  atra yadā prāptajñānaḥ kṣīṇakaluṣaś ca bhavati tadā tasya lajjānivṛttiḥ