lajjA [ lajj BAve a ] 1 Shame, ( pb ) kAmAturARAM na BayaM na lajjA Subhāṣ. ; vihAya lajjAM R. 2. 40 ; Ku. 1. 48. 2 Bashfulness, modesty; SfMgAralajjAM nirUpayati Ś. 1 ; Ku. 3. 7 ; R. 7. 25 ; lajje tvaM majja siMDO Subhāṣ. 3 N. of the sensitive plant. Comp. — anvita a. modest, bashful. — Avaha , — kara a. ( rA or rI f. ) causing shame, shameful, disgraceful, ignominious; Pt. 5. 10. — SIla a. bashful, modest. — rahita, -SUnya, -hIna , a. shameless, impudent, immodest.