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Results for अल्पम्

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Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अल्पम्alpamind. (opposed to बहु) little Mn. ii, 149 and x, 60
indeclinable (opposed to बहु) little Mn. ii, 149 and x, 60
In the Gita18·22

अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥

atattvārthavadalpaṁ ca tattāmasamudāhṛtam. — The tamasic knowledge is a small and narrow way of looking at things which has no eye for the real nature of the world; it clings to one movement or… 18·22
- अल्पम्alpamnominative singular of the neuter form of the adjective alpa (small, narrow, meagre).
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अल्पम्पचalpampacamfn. (= मितम्-पस . q.v) cooking little, stingy L.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (Equivalent to मितम्-पस . q.v) cooking little, stingy Lexicographers

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