ཐང་ཅིག་

ཐང་ཅིག (Wyl. thang cig ) Pron.: tang chik

• Skt. लवः, lava, Pron.: lava. From Sanskrit: the act of cutting, reaping (of corn), mowing, plucking or gathering (of flowers), Das. | that which is cut or shorn off, a shorn fleece, wool, hair | anything cut off, a section, fragment, piece, particle, bit, little piece | a little | even a little | a minute division of time, the 60th of a twinkling, half a second, a moment | to others 1/4000 or 1/5400 or 1/20250 of a Muhūrta | (in •astron.) a degree | (in •alg.) the numerator of a fraction | the space of 2 Kāshṭhās | loss, destruction | sport | Perdix Chinensis | 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 | of a king of Kaśmīra (father of Kuśa) | only | nutmeg | cloves | the root of Andropogon Muricatus | a little | . [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW