# लव (lava) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/lava लव (lava) is a Sanskrit word meaning the act of cutting, reaping, mowing, or gathering, a piece, fragment, or particle, a very brief moment of time, a degree, the numerator of a fraction, the space of 2 Kashthas. Its 30 recorded definitions are grouped into 13 contexts, among them Act of Cutting, Reaping, or Plucking, Plant Products (Nutmeg, Cloves, etc.), Small Piece, Fragment, or Small Quantity. - **Roots:** 1. लू (1. lū), लू (lū) - **Etymology:** E. लू to cut, aff. अप् । — E. lū to cut, aff. ap - **SLP1:** `lava` **IAST:** lava **Devanagari:** लव - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_%28Ramayana%29 - **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/lava/declensions.md - **Other headwords romanised the same way:** लाव (lāva) ## Meanings by context ### Act of Cutting, Reaping, or Plucking (9 definitions) - the act of cutting, reaping, mowing, or gathering *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1) [Printed book page 898,2] लव (lava) a m. (√ 1. लू (lū) ) the act of cutting, reaping (of corn), mowing, plucking or gathering (of flowers &c.), Das, Nalod. [ ID=181832 ] - 1. Cutting or plucking. 2. A section, fragment, piece, particle, or drop. 3. A fraction of a second or twinkling. 4. The numerator of a fraction. 5. A son of Rama and Sita. 6. A king of Kashmir. *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > लव (lava) [Printed book page 261-3 ] लव (lava) láv-a, m. [√lū] cutting ( of corn ), plucking ( of flowers ); wool ( very rare ); hair ( of a cow; very rare ); section, fragment, piece, bit, particle, drop, a little ( very common —° ); fraction of a second, twinkling ( often personified ); numerator of a fraction; N. of a son of Rāma and Sītā; N. of a king of Cashmere. [ ID=15530 ] - 1. Cutting or reaping. 2. Loss or destruction. 3. Small or little. 4. Smallness or littleness. 5. A minute division of time. 6. A son of Ramachandra. 7. A kind of quail. 8. Cut hair or wool. 9. The numerator of a fraction. 10. The nutmeg or cloves. *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > लव (lava) [Printed book page 718 ] लव (lava) m. ( - वः (-vaḥ) ) 1 Cutting. 2 Loss, destruction. 3 Reaping. 4 Small, little; (according to some authorities, this when used attributively changes its gender, making लव (lava) ः लव (lava) ा लव (lava) ं (lavaḥ lavā lavaṃ); according to others it is invariably masc.) 5 Smallness, littleness. 6 A minute division of time, the sixtieth part of the twinkling of an eye. 7 A larger division of time, two Kāṣṭhas or 36 twinklings of the eye, or about 1/2 a second. 8 One of the sons of RĀMACANDRA. 9 A kind of quail. 10 Hair, wool, &c.; that which is cut or shorn from domestic animals. 11 (In arithmetic,) The numerator of a fraction. n. ( - वं (-vaṃ) ) 1 The nutmeg. 2 Cloves. E. लु (lu) to cut, aff. अप् (ap). [ ID=32839 ] - 1. Cutting, loss, or a small amount. 2. A tiny unit of time, a quail, hair, wool, or the numerator of a fraction. 3. Nutmeg or cloves. *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > लव (lava) [Printed book page 642-a ] लव (lava) ( वः ) ((vaḥ)) 1. m. Cutting; loss; little; three vedhas of time; a quail; hair, wool; numerator of a fraction. n. Nutmeg; cloves. [ ID=32418 ] - 1. Plucking or mowing. 2. A section or fragment. 3. A drop, small quantity, or little. 4. Wool or hair. 5. Loss or destruction. 6. Sport. 7. A minute division of time equal to the sixtieth part of a twinkling. 8. The numerator of a fraction. 9. A degree in astronomy. 10. Name of a son of Rama. *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > लव (lava) [Printed book page 623-02 ] लव (lava) (I) m. 1. Plucking, mowing; 2. a section, a fragment; 3. a drop, a small quantity, a little, आचामति स्वेदलव (lava) ान्मुखे ते (ācāmati svedalavānmukhe te) R. xiii.20, भ्रूक्षेपलक्ष्मीलव (lava) क्रीते (bhrūkṣepalakṣmīlavakrīte) Git.G. xi., आरुक्षाम नृपप्रसादकणिकामद्राक्ष्म लक्ष्मीलव (lava) ान् (ārukṣāma nṛpaprasādakaṇikāmadrākṣma lakṣmīlavān) Vikr.Ch. xviii.103, R. vi.57, xvi.66; 4. wool, hair; 5. loss, destruction; 6. sport; 7. a minute division of time equal to the sixtieth part of a twinkling; 8. the numerator of a fraction; 9. a degree (in astronomy); 10. name of a son of Rāma; (See App. II.), R. xv.97. [ ID=32583 ] - 1. Cutting, reaping, plucking, or mowing. 2. Loss or destruction. 3. Smallness or a small quantity. 4. A minute division of time. 5. One of the twin sons of Ramachandra and Sita. 6. A kind of quail. 7. Shorn hair or wool. 8. The numerator of a fraction. 9. A degree in astronomy. 10. Sport. 11. A section or fragment. 12. The nutmeg. 13. Cloves. *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > लव (lava) [Printed book page 615-b ] लव (lava) m. ( - वः (-vaḥ) ) 1. Cutting. 2. Loss, destruction. 3. Reaping. 4. Small, little; (according to some authorities, this when used attributively changes its gender, making लव (lava) ः - लव (lava) ा - लव (lava) ं; (lavaḥ-lavā-lavaṃ;) according to others it is invariably masc.) 5. Smallness, littleness. 6. A minute division of time, the sixtieth part of the twinkling of an eye. 7. A larger division of time, two Kāshṭhas or 36 twinkling of the eye, or about (1/2) a second. 8. One of the twin sons of RĀMACHANDRA, by ŚITĀ, born after she had been abandoned by her husband and brought up at the hermitage of VĀLMĪKI 9. A kind of quail. 10. Hair, wool, &c.; that which is cut or shorn from domestic animals. 11. (In arithmetic,) The numerator of a fraction. 12. A degree, (in astronomy.) 13. Sport. 14. Plucking. mowing. 15. A section, a fragment. n. ( - वं (-vaṃ) ) 1. The nutmeg. 2. Cloves. E. लू (lū) to cut, aff. अप् । (ap.) [ ID=34230 ] - 1. Cutting, plucking, or reaping. 2. A small part, piece, drop, or little amount. 3. Hair or wool. 4. A division of time. 5. A kind of quail. 6. One of Rama's sons. 7. The nutmeg. 8. Cloves. *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > लव (lava) [Printed book page 0791-a ] लव (lava) lava, i. e. lū + a, I. m. 1. Cutting, Daśak. in Chr. 198, 17. 2. Plucking, Nal. 2, 30. 3. Reaping. 4. Smallness, Bhartṛ. 3. 100; Vikr. d. 118 ( aparādha-, A very small fault); a little, Hit. iv. d. 76 (but cf. Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 3265); a piece, Vikr. d. 125; a drop, Kir. 5, 44. 5. Hair, Ragh. 15, 32; wool, Man. 8, 151. 6. A minute, and also a larger division of time. 7. A kind of quail. 8. One of Rāma's sons, Utt. Rāmac. 85, 8. II. n. 1. The nutmeg. 2. Cloves. — Comp. Jñāna- ( m. ), a smattering of know- ledge, Bhartṛ. 2, 3. [ ID=12365 ] - 1. Cutting, plucking, or gathering. 2. What is cut, such as wool or hair. 3. A fragment, piece, particle, bit, or drop. *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > लव (lava) [Printed book page 460 ] लव (lava) m. cutting, plucking, gathering etc.; what is cut, as wool, hair, etc.; fragment, piece, particle, bit, drop. [ ID=27488 ] - 1. Cutting, reaping, mowing, or gathering. 2. A fragment, piece, particle, drop, or small quantity. 3. A minute division of time or a moment. 4. A degree in astronomy. 5. The numerator of a fraction. 6. Loss or destruction. 7. Sport. 8. The son of Rama and Sita. 9. A king of Kashmir. 10. A kind of quail. 11. Nutmeg. 12. Cloves. 13. The root of Andropogon Muricatus. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)* > लव (lava) [Printed book page 0863-c ] लव (lava) lava, as, m. (fr. rt. 1. lū ), the act of cutting, reaping (of corn), mowing, plucking or gathering (of flowers, &c.); that which is cut or shorn off, a shorn fleece, wool, hair; anything cut off, a section, fragment, fraction, piece, particle, bit, drop, small piece, small quantity, little, ( jala-l°, a drop of water; tṛṇa-l°, a piece of straw; aparā- dha-l°, a little blame); a minute division of time, the sixtieth of a twinkling, half a second, a moment, an instant, (according to others (1/4000) or (1/5400) or (1/20250) of a Muhūrta); a degree (in astronomy); the numerator of a fraction; loss, destruction; sport [cf. lala ]; N. of a son of Rāma-candra and Sītā, (he and Rāma's other son Kuśa were the two rhap- sodists who first committed the Rāmāyaṇa to memory and recited it at assemblies, see Rāmāyaṇa I. 4. and cf. kuśīlava ); N. of a king of Kaśmīra (father of Kuśa); a kind of quail, Perdix Chinensis; ( am ), ind. a little; lavam api, even a little; ( am ), n. nutmeg; cloves; the root of Andropogon Muricatus. —Lava-rāja, as, m., N. of a Brāhman. —Lava- vat, ān, atī, at, lasting only for a moment. —Lava- śas, ind. in small pieces or fragments, bit by bit, piecemeal, in minute divisions or instants, after an instant, after some moments. —Lavepsu (°va-īp°), us, us, u, wishing to cut or reap. [ ID=40252 ] ### Plant Products (Nutmeg, Cloves, etc.) (4 definitions) - nutmeg *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > लव (lava) n. (only L. ) nutmeg [ ID=181844 ] - cloves *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > cloves [ ID=181845 ] - the root of Andropogon Muricatus *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the root of Andropogon Muricatus [ ID=181846 ] - 1. Nutmeg. 2. Cloves. 3. A little. *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > लव (lava) (II) n. 1. Nutmeg; 2. cloves. ( लव (lava) म् (lavam) is used as an indeclinable in the sense of ‘a little.’) [ ID=32584 ] ### Small Piece, Fragment, or Small Quantity (3 definitions) - A piece, fragment, or particle. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > anything cut off, a section, fragment, piece, particle, bit, little piece ( अम् (am) ind. a little; लवम् अपि (lavam api), even a little), MBh.; Kāv. &c. ( cf. पदाति - ल् (padāti-l) ° (°) ) [ ID=181834 ] - a little *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a little ( cf. m. ). [ ID=181847 ] - a little *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1C) [Printed book page 898,2] लवम् (lavam) ind., a little; लवम् (lavam) अपि (lavam api), even a little [ ID=181847.1 ] ### Unit of Time (3 definitions) - a very brief moment of time *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a minute division of time, the 60th of a twinkling, half a second, a moment ( accord. to others 1/4000 or 1/5400 or 1/20250 of a Muhūrta), ib. [ ID=181835 ] - the space of 2 Kashthas *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the space of 2 Kāṣṭhās, L. [ ID=181838 ] - a measurement of five kshanas *The Purana Index* > Lava (II) — a measurement of five kṣaṇas. Br. II. 7. 19; Vā. 100. 214. [ ID=11923 ] ### Lexicographical Notes or Cross-References (2 definitions) - See page 898 *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 905,2] लव (lava) b &c. See p. 898, cols. 2, 3. [ ID=183126 ] - See page 863, column 3. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)* > [Printed book page 0870-c ] Lava, lavaka, lavanīya, &c. See p. 863, col. 3. [ ID=40640 ] ### Son of Rāma (Mythological Figure) (2 definitions) - the son of Ramachandra and Sita *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of a son of Rāmacandra and Sītā (he and his twin-brother Kuśa were brought up by the sage Vālmīki and taught by him to repeat his Rāmāyaṇa at assemblies; cf. कुशी - लव (kuśī-lava) ), R.; Ragh.; Uttarar.; Pur. [ ID=181842 ] - 1. A son of Rama born and raised in Valmiki's hermitage. 2. Ruler of Northern Koshala with Shravasti as his capital. *The Purana Index* > लव (lava) [Printed book page 3-117 ] Lava (I) — a son of Rāma, born and brought up in Vāl- mīki's āśrama; 1 ruled over Uttara Kośala with Śrāvasti as capital. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 11. 11; M. 12. 51; Vā. 88. 198.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. III. 63. 198; Vā. 88. 200.] [ ID=11922 ] ### A Type of Quail (1 definition) - Chinese partridge *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > Perdix Chinensis, W. [ ID=181841 ] ### Astronomical Degree (1 definition) - a degree *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (in astron. ) a degree, Gol. [ ID=181836 ] ### Cut or Shorn Material (Hair, Wool) (1 definition) - that which is cut or shorn off, a shorn fleece, wool, or hair *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > that which is cut or shorn off, a shorn fleece, wool, hair, Mn.; Ragh. [ ID=181833 ] ### King of Kaśmīra (1 definition) - of a king of Kashmir and father of Kusa *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a king of Kaśmīra (father of Kuśa), Rājat. [ ID=181843 ] ### Loss or Destruction (1 definition) - loss, destruction *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > loss, destruction, L. [ ID=181839 ] ### Numerator of a Fraction (1 definition) - the numerator of a fraction *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (in alg. ) the numerator of a fraction, Col. [ ID=181837 ] ### Sport or Play (1 definition) - sport *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > sport, L. ( cf. लल (lala) ) [ ID=181840 ] ## Sources Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne. The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546