sUkzma mf( A )n. ( prob. connected with sUci , p. 1241, col. 1 ) minute, small, fine, thin, narrow, short, feeble, trifling, insignificant, unimportant (with arTa m. ‘a trifling matter’), Yājñ. ; MBh. &c.
sUkzma a. [ sUc-man suk ca new ; Uṇ. 4. 176 ] 1 Subtle, minute, atomic; jAlAMtarasTasUryAMSO yatsUkzmaM wwaSyate rajaH . 2 Little, small; idamupahitasUkzmagraMTinA skaMDadeSe Ś. 1. 19 ; R. 18. 49. 3 Fine, thin, delicate, exquisite. 4 Nice. 5 Sharp, acute, penetrating. 6 Crafty, artful, subtle, ingenious. 7 Exact, precise, accurate, correct. — kzmaH 1 An atom. 2 The clearing-nut plant. 3 An epithet of Śiva. — kzmaM 1 The subtle all-pervading spirit, the Supreme Soul. 2 Minuteness. 3 One of the three kinds of power attainable by an ascetic; cf. sAvadya . 4 Craft, ingenuity. 5 Fraud, cheating. 6 Fine thread &c. 7 N. of a figure of speech, thus defined by Mammaṭa: - kuto'pi lakzitaH sUkzmopyarTonyasmE prakASyate . DarmeRa kenacidyatra tatsUkzmaM paricakzate K. P. 10. Comp. — Atman m. N. of Śiva. — elA small cardamoms. — taMqulaH the poppy. — taMqulA 1 long pepper. 2 a kind of grass. — darSitA quick-sightedness, acuteness, foresight, wisdom. — darSin, -dfzwi a. 1 sharp-sighted, eagleeyed. 2 of acute discernment. 3 acute, sharp-minded. — dAru n. a thin plank of wood, a board. — dehaH — SarIraM the subtile body which is invested by the grosser material frame (= liMgaSarIra q. v. ). — patraH 1 coriander seed. 2 a kind of wild cumin. 3 a sort of red sugar-cane. 4 the gum Arabic tree. 5 a sort of mustard. — parRI a kind of basil. — pippalI wild pepper. — bIjaH the poppy. — budDi a. sharp-witted, acute, shrewd, ( pb ) intelligent. ( — dDiH f. ) sharp wit, acute intellect, mental acumen. — makzikaM , kA a mosquito, gnat. — mAnaM a nice or exact measurement, precise computation ( opp. sTUlamAna which means ‘broad measurement,’ ‘rough calculation). — SarkarA small gravel, sand. — SAliH a kind of fine rice. — zawcaraRaH a sort of louse.