= ಲಂಘನ - 1.

a female demon who was guarding the main entrance of Lanka, the kingdom of Rāvaṇa, in Rāmāyaṇa; 20 (fig.) a ferocious, aggressive, quarrelsome woman.

the act of jumping, leaping.

a movement of a horse in which it rears, then leaps forward, raising the hind legs just before the forelegs come down; curvet.

the act or an instance of transgressing; breach of a law, duty, etc.; transgression.

the act of ascending, mounting.

the act or an instance of abstaining from food for a considerable period; fast.

ಲಂಘನಂ ಪರಮೌಷಧಂ langhanam paramauṣadham (prov.) abstinence is the best medicine; ಲಂಘನ ಮಾಡು langhana maḍu to abstain from taking food for a considerable period; ಲಂಘನ ಹಾಕು langhana hāku = ಲಂಘನ ಮಾಡು.

the male germ cell, found in semen, which penetrates the ovum or egg, of the female to fertilise it; spermatozoon.

a Vīraśaiva nun.

(correctly. ಲಂಘನೆ) the act of jumping, leaping.