[lajj bhāve a] 1 Shame, [Page0923-a+ 56] kāmāturāṇāṃ na bhayaṃ na lajjā Subhāsh.; vihāya lajjāṃ R. 2. 40; Ku. 1. 48.

2 Bashfulness, modesty; śṛṃgārala- jjāṃ nirūpayati Ś. 1; Ku. 3. 7; R. 7. 25; lajje tvaṃ majja siṃdhau Subhāsh.

3 N. of the sensitive plant. Comp. anvita a. modest, bashful. āvaha, kara a. (rā or rī f.) causing shame, shameful, disgraceful, ignominious; Pt. 5. 10. śīla a. bashful, mod-...