लव [ lava ] [ láva ] m. (√ 1. [ lū ] ) the act of cutting , reaping (of corn) , mowing , plucking or gathering (of flowers ) , Das. Lit. Nalôd.

that which is cut or shorn off , a shorn fleece , wool , hair Lit. Mn. Lit. Ragh.

anything cut off , a section , fragment , piece , particle , bit , little piece ( [ am ] ind. a little ; [ lavam api ] , even a little) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ( cf. [ padāti-l ] )

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) Lit. ib.

(in astron.) a degree Lit. Gol.

(in alg.) the numerator of a fraction Lit. Col.

the space of 2 Kāshṭhās Lit. L.

loss , destruction Lit. L.

sport Lit. L. ( cf. [ lala ] )

Perdix Chinensis Lit. W.

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. [ kuśī-lava ] ) Lit. R. Lit. Ragh. Lit. Uttarar. Lit. Pur.

of a king of Kaśmīra (father of Kuśa) Lit. Rājat.

[ lava ] n. ( only Lit. L.) nutmeg

cloves

the root of Andropogon Muricatus

a little ( cf. m.) .

[ lavam ] ind. , see [ lava ] , a little ; [ lavam api ] , even a little