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laghu

a. (ghu or ghvī f.) 1 Light, not heavy; tṛṇādapi laghustūlastūlādapi ca yācakaḥ Subhāsh.; riktaḥ sarvo bhavati hi laghuḥ pūrṇatā gauravāya Me. 20 (where the word means...

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[apte] a. (ghu or ghvī f.) 1 Light, not heavy; tṛṇādapi laghustūlastūlādapi ca yācakaḥ Subhāsh.; riktaḥ sarvo bhavati hi laghuḥ pūrṇatā gauravāya Me. 20 (where the word means ‘contemptible’ also); R. 9. 62. --2 Little, small, diminu- tive; Pt. 1. 253; Śi. 9. 38, 78. --3 Short, brief, concise; laghusaṃdeśapadā sarasvatī R. 8. 77. --4 Trifling, trivial, insignificant, unimportant; kāyastha iti laghvī mātrā Mu. 1. --5 Low,...

[mw] mf (vI, or u) n. (a later form of raghu, q.v.) light, quick, swift, active, prompt, nimble Mn.; MBh. &c (also said of a partic. mode of flying peculiar to birds Pan5cat.; applied to the Nakshatras nakzatra s Hasta hasta, As3vini1 aśvinī, and Pushya puṣya... mf (vI, or u) n. light, easy, not heavy or difficult AV. &c 893,3 180779 mf (vI, or u) n. light in the stomach, easily digested Sus3r. 893,3 180780 mf (vI, or u)...

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DCS: safely; comfortably; peaceably | Monier-Williams: laGu [ cf. Gk. ἐ-λαχύς ; Lat. lěvis for lēvis , lenhuis ; Lith.

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Rājanighaṇṭusurface: laghu

śvetaṃ laghu mṛdu svacchaṃ snigdham uṣṇāpahaṃ himam

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