jahat a. ( tI f. ) Leaving, abandoning. Comp. — lakzaRA, -svArTA a kind of lakzaRA (also called lakzaRalakzaRA ) in which a word loses its primary sense, but is used in one which is in some way connected with the primary ( pb ) sense; e. g. in the familiar instance gaMgAyAM GozaH ‘a hamlet on the Ganges,’ gaMgA loses its primary sense and means gaMgAtawa ; cf. ajahatsvArTA also. 2 irony.