aRu a. ( Ru-RvI f. ) [ aR-un ] Minute, small, little, atomic ( opp. sTUla , mahat ); aRoraRIyAn Bg. 8. 9 ; sarvopyayaM nanvaRuH Bh. 3. 26 insignificantly small; aRvapi BayaM Ms. 6. 40 ; aRvapi yAcyamAnaH Pt. 4. 26 asked but an atom, a very small quantity, Ms. 3. 51. — RuH 1 An atom, a very small particle (an exceedingly small measure); the mote in a sunbeam, the smallest perceptible quantity; asTUlamanaRvahrasvamadIrGaM brahma; aRuM parvatIkf Bh. 2. 78 to magnify; cf. also ‘To make mountains of molehills.’ 2 An atom of time ( vyaMjanamarDamAtrA tadarDaM aRu ); it is said to be 54,675,000th part of a Muhūrta (48 minutes). 3 N. of Śiva. 4 N. of very small grain such as sarzapa, cInaka ( pb ) &c., anaRuzu daSamAMSo'RuzvaTEkAdaSAMSaH Līlā. — Ru n. the fourth part of a Mātrā. Comp. — aMtaH [ aRuH aMto yasya ] a hair-splitting question; ( aRvaMtaH sUkzmAMtaH sUkzmavastunirRayAMtaH praSnaH Śaṅkara ). — tElaM N. of a medicinal oil. — BA [ aRvI sUkzmA BA praBA yasyAH sA ] lightning. — mAtra a. [ aRuH parimARaM yasya aRu-mAtrac ] of the size of an atom. — reRuH [ karma .] atomic dust. — revatI [ aRuH sUkzmA revatItAreva ] N. of a plant ( daMtIvfkza ) Croton Polyandrum. — vAdaH the doctrine of atoms, atomic theory, the theory that all material substances are primarily atoms and secondarily aggregates, and that all atoms are eternal. — vIkzaRaM [ za . ta .] 1 minute observation, observation of very minute parts. 2 [ aRuH sUkzmo vIkzyate anena karaRe lyuw ] an instrument, like the microscope, enabling one to discern the smallest objects. — vrIhiH [ karma .] a fine sort of grain, rice &c.