leSaH [ liS-GaY ] 1 A small bit or portion, a particle, an atom, a very small quantity; kleSa ( v. l. sveda ) leSEraBinnaM Ś. 2. 4 ; ScamabArileSEH Ku. 3. 38 ; so BAkti°, guRa° &c. 2 Smallness, littleness. 3 A measure of time (equal to two kalās ). 4 (In Rhet. ) A figure of speech which consists in representing what is usually considered as an advantage to be a disadvantage and vice versa . It is thus defined in R. G. : - guRasyAnizwasADanatayA dozatvena dozasyezwasADanatayA guRatvena ca varRanaM leSaH ; for examples see ad loc. (Mammaṭa appears to include this figure under viSeza , see K. P. 10 under viSeza and commentary). Comp. — ukta a. only suggested, or hinted at, insinuated.