लघुहस्तता

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লঘুহস্ততা (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬖᬸᬳᬲ᭄ᬢᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• লঘুহস্ততা (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰑𑰲𑰮𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀖𑀼𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• လဃုဟသ္တတာ (Burmese script)
• લઘુહસ્તતા (Gujarati script)
• ਲਘੁਹਸ੍ਤਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌘𑍁𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦓꦸꦲꦱ꧀ꦠꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂐𑂳𑂯𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಘುಹಸ್ತತಾ (Kannada script)
• លឃុហស្តតា (Khmer script)
• ລຆຸຫສ຺ຕຕາ (Lao script)
• ലഘുഹസ്തതാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠᢚᡠᡥᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᠠᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘑𑘳𑘮𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᠺᠾᠤᠾᠠᠰᢐᠠᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑦱𑧔𑧎𑧍𑧠𑦽𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐑𑐸𑐴𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଲଘୁହସ୍ତତା (Odia script)
• ꢭꢕꢸꢲꢱ꣄ꢡꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆔𑆶𑆲𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖑𑖲𑖮𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ලඝුහස‍්තතා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩟𑩒𑪂𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚍𑚰𑚩𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• லகு⁴ஹஸ்ததா (Tamil script)
• లఘుహస్తతా (Telugu script)
• ลฆุหสฺตตา (Thai script)
• ལ་གྷུ་ཧ་སྟ་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒒𑒳𑒯𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨎𑨃𑨱𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

लघु (laghu, “light, easy, swift, prompt”) +‎ हस्त (hasta, “hand”) +‎ -ता (-tā, “-ness”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐ.ɡʱuˈɦɐs̪.t̪ɐ.t̪ɑː/

Noun

लघुहस्तता • (laghuhastatā) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)

1. ready-handedness
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 5.58.28:

     बलं वीर्यं च तेजश्च शीघ्रता लघुहस्तता । अविषादश्च धैर्यं च पार्थान्नान्यत्र विद्यते ॥

     balaṃ vīryaṃ ca tejaśca śīghratā laghuhastatā. aviṣādaśca dhairyaṃ ca pārthānnānyatra vidyate.

     Power, manliness, energy, swiftness, ready-handedness, cheerfulness and patience are not seen anywhere other than in Arjuna.

   • c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of लघुहस्तता (laghuhastatā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लघुहस्तता laghuhastatā	लघुहस्तते laghuhastate	लघुहस्तताः laghuhastatāḥ
Vocative	लघुहस्तते laghuhastate	लघुहस्तते laghuhastate	लघुहस्तताः laghuhastatāḥ
Accusative	लघुहस्तताम् laghuhastatām	लघुहस्तते laghuhastate	लघुहस्तताः laghuhastatāḥ
Instrumental	लघुहस्ततया laghuhastatayā	लघुहस्तताभ्याम् laghuhastatābhyām	लघुहस्तताभिः laghuhastatābhiḥ
Dative	लघुहस्ततायै laghuhastatāyai	लघुहस्तताभ्याम् laghuhastatābhyām	लघुहस्तताभ्यः laghuhastatābhyaḥ
Ablative	लघुहस्ततायाः laghuhastatāyāḥ	लघुहस्तताभ्याम् laghuhastatābhyām	लघुहस्तताभ्यः laghuhastatābhyaḥ
Genitive	लघुहस्ततायाः laghuhastatāyāḥ	लघुहस्ततयोः laghuhastatayoḥ	लघुहस्ततानाम् laghuhastatānām
Locative	लघुहस्ततायाम् laghuhastatāyām	लघुहस्ततयोः laghuhastatayoḥ	लघुहस्ततासु laghuhastatāsu

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लघुहस्तता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 894.