अल्पप्राण (alpaprANa)

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Monier Williams Cologne

English

 अल्प—प्राण m.
  (in Gr.
 ) slight breathing or weak aspiration (the effort in uttering the vowels,  the semivowels य्,  र्,  ल्,  व्,  the consonants क्,  च्,  ट्,  त्,  प्,  ग्,  ज्,  ड्,  द्,  ब्,  and the nasals,  is said to be accompanied with slight aspiration,  but practically अल्पप्राण is here equivalent to unaspirated,  as opposed to महा-प्राण,  q.v.),  Pāṇ.
  i,  1,  9,  Sch.

 अल्प—प्राण mfn.
   having short breath,  not persevering,  soon tired,  Suśr.
  pronounced with slight breathing,  Kāvyād.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

अल्पप्राण
वि* अल्प-प्राण -
"थोड़ा श्वास रखने वाला,  दमे का रोग"

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

अल्पप्राण
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಅಲ್ಪಪ್ರಾಣ ವಾಯುವಿನ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರವುಳ್ಳ ವರ್ಣ /ಅಲ್ಪಪ್ರಯತ್ನದಿಂದ ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವ ಅಕ್ಷರ
विस्तारः - > "अयुग्मा वर्णयमगा यणश्चाल्पासवः स्मृताः" - सि० कौ० ।
अल्पप्राण
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಅಕ್ಷರಗಳನು ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸುವ ಬಾಹ್ಯಪ್ರಯತ್ನಗಳಲ್ಲೊಂದು
अल्पप्राण
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಅಲ್ಪಬಲವುಳ್ಳ /ಅಲ್ಪಪ್ರಾಣವಾಯುವುಳ್ಳ /ಬಹಳ ಕಷ್ಟದಿಂದ ಉಸಿರಾಡುವ
व्युत्पत्तिः - > अल्पः ह्रस्वः प्राणः प्राणवायुर्यस्य

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L R Vaidya

English

 alpa-prARa {% (I) m. %} the unaspirated letters of the alphabet (as op. to महाप्राण). They are the vowels,  the semi-vowels,  the nasals and क् च् ट् त् प् ग् ज् ड् ब्.

 alpa-prARa {% (II) a. %} having little or short breath.

Abhyankara Grammar

English

अल्पप्राण  (1) non-aspirate letters let- ters requiring little breath from the mouth for their utterance as oppo- sed to mahāprāṇa
 (2) non-aspira- tion
 one of the external articulate efforts characterizing the utterance of non-aspirate letters.

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 अल्पप्राण पु०
  अल्पः प्राणः प्राणनक्रिया यस्मिन् । वर्ण्णभेदेयस्योच्चारणे अल्पप्राणवायोर्व्यापारस्तस्मिन् । स च शिक्षा-यामुक्तः “अयुग्मवर्गयमगायणश्चाल्पासवःस्मृताः” इति तथा चवर्गेषु प्रथमतृतीयपञ्चमवर्ण्णाः यमगाः यवरलाश्च अल्पासवः ।कर्म्म० । २ तादृशवर्ण्णोच्चारणवाह्यण्यत्ने । वाह्यप्रयत्नास्तुएकादशपा “विवारः संवारः श्वासोनादो घोषोऽघोषोऽल्प-प्रंणो महाप्राण उदात्तोऽनुदात्तः स्वरितश्चेति” सि० कौ० ।अल्पः पाणः प्राणहेतुकं बलमस्य । ३ अल्पबले त्रि०
  ।

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