Laghiman: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLaghiman (लघिमन्).—m. [laghorbhāvaḥ imanic ḍicca]
1) Lightness, absence of weight.
2) Littleness, smallness, insignificance.
3) Lightness, levity, lowness or meanness of spirit; मानुषतासुलभो लघिमा प्रश्नकर्मणि मां नियोजयति (mānuṣatāsulabho laghimā praśnakarmaṇi māṃ niyojayati) K.
4) Thoughtlessness, frivolity.
5) The supernatural power of assuming excessive lightnesss at will, one of the eight Siddhis q. v.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryLaghiman (लघिमन्).—m.
(-mā) 1. Lightness, absence of weight. 2. The power of assuming excessive lightness at will, considered as one of the eight supernatural faculties. 3. Diminutiveness. 4. Insignificance. E. laghu light, aff. imanic .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryLaghiman (लघिमन्).—i. e. laghu + iman, m. 1. Lightness, [Bhaṭṭikāvya, (ed. Calc.)] 3, 7. 2. A supernatural faculty to make one’s self as light as one lists, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 3, 18. 3. Diminutiveness. 4. Insignificance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryLaghiman (लघिमन्).—[masculine] lightness (conceived also as a supernatural faculty), levity, fickleness, frivolity.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Laghiman (लघिमन्):—[from laghu] m. lightness, levity, absence of weight, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of siddhi or supernatural faculty of assuming excessive lightness at will, [Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa; Pañcarātra] (cf. [Religious Thought and Life in India 427])
3) [v.s. ...] lowness, meanness (of spirit), [Kādambarī]
4) [v.s. ...] thoughtlessness, frivolity, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]
5) [v.s. ...] slight, disrespect, [Śārṅgadhara-paddhati]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryLaghiman (लघिमन्):—(mā) 5. m. Lightness, insignificance; disgrace.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Laghiman (लघिमन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Laghima.
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Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
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A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)