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लघुन्यास
लघुशब्देन्दुशेखरव्याख्या
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लघुन्यास (1) short writing, brief putting in, brief expression; cf. सोयमेवं लघुना न्यासेन सिद्धे etc.; (2) the word is given as a name to a grammatical work, written by देवेन्द्रसूरि on the शब्दानुशासन of Hema- candra, possibly in contrast with the बृहन्न्यास written by Hemacandra himself or with Kāśikāvivarana- pańjikā popularly called न्यास written by Jinendrabuddhi on the Kāśikāvŗtti of Jayāditya and Vāmana. See न्यास.

लघुपरिभाषावृत्ति an independent work on Paribhāşās written by Puruşo- ttamadeva in the twelfth century A. D. called लघुपरिभाषावृत्ति in con- trast with the बृहत्परिभाषावृत्ति of सीरदेव. The Vŗtti is named 'Lalitā' also, by the author.

लघुप्रक्रिया name of a grammar tre- atise based on the Sabdānuśāsana of Hemacandra written by Vinayavijaya where the sūtras of Hemacandra are arranged in different topics as in the Siddhān- takaumudī of Bhoțțojī.

लघुप्रयत्नतर requiring still less effort for utterance than that required for the usual utterance; the term is used in connection with the utterance of the consonant य् which is substituted for Visarga following upon long अा and followed by any vowel. In such cases य् is not pronounced at all according to Śākalya, while it is somewhat audibly pronounced according to Śākațāyana; cf. व्योर्लघुप्रयत्नतरः शाकटा- यनस्य P. VIII. 3.18.

लघुभूषणकान्ति name of a commen- tary work by Harivallabha on Koņdabhațța's Vaiyākaraņabhū- şaņasāra.

लघुभूषणदर्पण or लघुदर्पणा name of a commentary by Mannudeva on

Koņdabhațța's Vaiyākaraņabhū- şaņasāra.

लघुमञ्जूषा name of an independent work on the meaning of words and their interpretation written by Nāgeśa of which the परमलघुमञ्जूषा is a popular short extract by the author himself.

लघुशब्दरत्न name of a commentary on Bhațțoji's Manoramā by his grandson Hari Dīkşita, which is generally read together with the Manoramā, by students upto the end of the Kāraka Chapter after they have completely read and mastered the Siddhāntakaumudī. The commentary is called लघु- शब्दरत्न which differentiates it from the बृहच्छब्दरत्न written by the same author viz. Hari Dīkşita.

लघुशब्देन्दुशेखर name of a comme- ntary on Bhațțojī's Siddhānta- kaumudī written by Nāgeśa Bhațța, the stalwart Grammarian of the eighteenth century. The work is named लघुशब्देन्दुशेखर which differentiates it from the author's another work बृहच्छब्देन्दुशेखर of which the former is an abridgment. As the study of the Laghuśabdendu- śekhara is very common and as the Bŗhatśabdenduśekhara is seldom studied, it is always the Laghuśa- bdenduśekhara that is understood by the simple and popular name Śekhara.

लघुशब्देन्दुशेखरव्याख्या a commentary on the Laghuśabdenduśekhara. There are more than a dozen commentary works on the popu- lar Laghuśabdenduśekhara called by the usual names टीका or व्याख्या the prominent among which are गदा, भैरवी and विजया. A few of them have special names e. g. चिदस्थिमाला, चन्द्रकला, ज्योत्स्त्रा, विषमी etc.