क्षुद्र [kṣudra] a. a. [क्षुद्-कर्तरि रक्] (compar. क्षोदीयस्; superl. क्षोदिष्ठ)
Minute, small, tiny, little, trifling.
Mean, low, vile, base; क्षुद्रेऽपि नूनं शरणं प्रपन्ने
[Ku.1.12.] Wicked.
Cruel.
Poor, indigent.
Miserly, niggardly;
[Me.17.] Diminutive, short.
Trifling, insignificant.
Unimportant, minor.
द्रः A small particle of rice.
A bee or wasp.
द्रा A bee; क्षुद्राभिरक्षुद्रतराभि- राकुलम्
[Śi.12.54.] A fly or gnat.
A woman maimed or crippled.
A quarrelsome woman.
A prostitute, whore, harlot; उपसृष्टा इव क्षुद्राधिष्ठितभवनाः
[K.17.] A base or despicable woman.
A dancing girl.
-द्रम् Ved. A particle of dust, flour, meal; अव क्षुद्रमिव स्रवेत
[Rv.1.129.6.] -Comp.
-अञ्जनम् a kind of unguent applied to the eyes in certain diseases.
-अन्त्रः the small cavity of the heart.
-उलूकः a small owl.-कम्बुः a small shell.
-कुलिशः a precious stone.-कुष्ठम् a mild form of leprosy.
घण्टिका small bell.
a girdle of small bells.
-चूडः N. N. of a bird.-चन्दनम् red sandal-wood.
-जन्तुः any small animal.-तण्डुलः a grain of rice.
-तातः a father's brother, uncle.
-दंशिका a small gadfly.
-पत्रा a kind of sorrel (Oxalis Pusilla).
-पदम् a kind of measure of length (equal to 1 Aṅgulas).
-बुद्धि a. a. low-minded, mean.
रसः honey.
(pl.) base pleasures;
[Bhāg.5.13.1.] -रोगः a minor disease; (44 are enumerated by Suśruta).-वंशा N. of a plant (Mimosa Pudica).
-शर्करा a kind of suger (coming from यवनाल).
-शार्दूलः leopard.-शङ्खः a small conch-shell.
-सुवर्ण low or bad gold;i. e. brass.
-हन् m. m. an epithet of Śiva.