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लज्जा lajjā, s.f. Shame, bashfulness, modesty (=lāj, q.v.):—lajjānvit (˚jā+an˚), adj. Possessed of shame, etc.(=lajjā-vān, q.v.):—lajjā-bān, corr. of lajjā-vān, q.v.:—lajjā-bodhak śabd, s.m. (in Gram.) Any word expressive of shame or disgust (as ćhī, dhik, phiś):—lajjā-rahit, adj. (f. -ā), Destitute of shame, devoid of modesty, shameless, immodest, impudent, bold, unblushing, forward:—lajjā-śīl, adj. (f. -ā), Of a modest disposition, modest, bashful, ashamed:—lajjā-śūnya, adj.=lajjā-rahit, q.v.:—lajjā-kar, or lajjā-kār, or lajjā-kārī, adj. Causing or occasioning shame, shameful:—lajjā-mān, or lajjā-mant (f. -matī); and lajjā-vat, or lajjā-vān, or lajjā-vant, vulg. lajā-want (f. -vatī), adj. Possessed of shame, full of shame, ashamed, abashed, shamefaced, shy, bashful, modest, blushing:—lajjā-vatī, vulg. lajā-wantī, s.f. A bashful woman or girl; the sensitive plant Mimosa natans, or M. pudica:—lajjā-hīn, adj.=lajjā-rahit, q.v.:—lajjā-yukt, adj. (f. -ā) = lajjā-vān, q.v.