लोप [ lopa ] [ lopa ] m. breaking , hurting , injury , destruction , interruption Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  neglect , violation , transgression (of a vow or duty) Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ.

  robbing , plundering Lit. MBh.

  want , deficiency , absence , disappearance Lit. ŚrS. Lit. Ragh.

  (in gram.) dropping , elision (generally as distinguished from the terms [ lup ] , [ ślu ] , [ luk ] , which are only applicable to affixes ; when [ lopa ] of an affix takes place , a blank is substituted , which exerts the same influence on the base as the affix itself , but when either [ luk ] or [ lup ] or [ ślu ] of an affix is enjoined , then the affix is not only dropped but it is also inoperative on the base ; thus in the Ist pl. of [ kati ] , where [ jas ] is said to be elided by [ luk ] , the change of the final of the base to Guṇa does not take place i.e. both the affix and its effect on the base are abolished ; moreover , [ lopa ] refers only to the last letter of an affix , whereas by [ luk ] the dropping of the whole affix is implied) Lit. Nir. Lit. Prāt. Lit. Pāṇ.

  [ lopā ] f. a partic. bird Lit. TS.

  a kind of bird Lit. L.

  = [ lopā-mudrā ] below.