लेश

{ lēśḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : कण, कम

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

लेश n.  (सो. क्षत्र.) एक राजा, जो विष्णु के अनुसार सुनहोत्र राजा का पुत्र था । वायु में इसे शल कहा गया है ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

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A particle or bit; a minute portion or quantity; a little.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  A particle; a minute portion.
a   Ready.

मराठी पर्यायी शब्दकोश

ना./क्रि.वि.  अल्पांश , कण , लवलेश ;
ना./क्रि.वि.  जरासुद्धा , थोडासुद्धा , नखभरही .

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

वि.  एकादे काम करण्यास तयार ; तत्पर ; हुषार .
 पु. 
अल्प अंश ; सूक्ष्म भाग ; कण . जे जे अत्यंत सुंदर दिसे । ते ते कृष्णाचेनी लेशे । - एरुस्व १ ७० .
शेष ; अवशिष्ट भाग . करी तेथे भस्म लेशु । - अमृ ३ . २६ .

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : कण

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

लेश  m.  a m. a small part or portion, particle, atom, little bit or slight trace of ( gen. or comp.; -तस् and एन, Ind. = very slightly or briefly; लेश-शस्, in small pieces, [R.]), [Prāt.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.] &c.
smallness, littleness, [W.]
a partic. division or short space of time (= 2 or 12 कलाs), [L.]
a kind of song, [L.]
(in rhet.) a figure of speech in which a statement is made indirectly ( e.g. [Veṇīs. ii, 4]), [Sāh.]
a figure of speech (in which what is usually considered as an advantage is represented as a disadvantage and vice versa), [Kuval.]
N. of a prince (a son of सु-होत्र), [VP.]
लेश    b लेश्य, लेष्टव्य &c. See p. 903, col. 1.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

लेशः [lēśḥ]   [लिश्-घञ्]
A small bit or portion, a particle, an atom, a very small quantity; क्लेश (v. l. स्वेद)- लेशैरभिन्नम् [Ś.2.4;] श्रमवारिलेशैः [Ku.3.38;] so भक्ति˚, गुण˚ &c.
Smallness, littleness.
A measure of time (equal to two kalās).
(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 loc. (Mammaṭa appears to include this figure under विषेश. See K. P.1 under विशेष and commentary.) cf. [Ve.2.4.] -Comp.
-उक्त a.  a. only suggested, or hinted at, insinuated.

Shabda-Sagara

लेश   Adj. Masc. only. ( -शः) Small, little. Subst.
1. Smallness, littleness. 2. A little.
3. A particular measure of time equal to two Kalās. 4. Name of a figure of speech, (in rhetoric.)
E. लिश् to be small, aff. घञ्. Some authorities vary the gender of the attribute.

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लिश् घञ्