# लेश्या (leśyā)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/leshya

लेश्या (leśyā) is a Sanskrit word meaning light.

- **SLP1:** `leSyA`  **IAST:** leśyā  **Devanagari:** लेश्या
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesya
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/leshya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** लेश्य (leśya)

## Meanings by context

### Light / Brightness (5 definitions)
- Light  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लेश्या (leśyā) [Printed book page 0933-a ] लेश्या (leśyā) Light. [ ID=24734 ]
- Light  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लेश्या (leśyā) [Printed book page 629-21 ] लेश्या (leśyā) f. Light. [ ID=32888 ]
- Light  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लेश्या (leśyā) [Printed book page 620-b ] लेश्या (leśyā) f. ( - श्या (-śyā) ) Light. [ ID=34505 ]
- light  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लेश्या (leśyā) [Printed book page 464 ] लेश्या (leśyā) f. light. [ ID=27689 ]
- light  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > लेश्या (leśyā) [Printed book page 0868-a ] Leśyā, f. light. [ ID=40496 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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