a. Idle, slothful, apathetic. syaṃ [alasasya bhāvaḥ, ṣyañ] 1 Idle- ness, sloth, want of energy; śaktasya cāpyanutsāhaḥ karmasvālasyamucyate Suśr.; ālasya ‘want of energy’ is regard- ed as one of the 33 subordinate feelings (vyabhicāribhāva); for ex- ample: na tathā bhūṣayatyaṃgaṃ na tathā bhāṣate sakhīṃ. jṛṃbhate muhurāsīnā bālā garbhabharāla- sā S. D. 183.