लोप m. am. breaking, hurting, injury, destruction, interruption,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.
neglect, violation, transgression (of a vow or duty),
[Mn.] ;
[Yājñ.] &c.
robbing, plundering,
[MBh.] want, deficiency, absence, disappearance,
[ŚrS.] ;
[Ragh.] लुप् (in gram.) dropping, elision (generally as distinguished from the terms ,
श्लु,
लुक्, which are only applicable to affixes; when
लोप of an affix takes place, a blank is substituted, which exerts the same influence on the base as the affix itself, but when either
लुक् or or
श्लु of an affix is enjoined, then the affix is not only dropped but it is also inoperative on the base; thus in the Ist
pl. of
कति, where
जस् is said to be elided by
लुक्, the change of the final of the base to
गुण does not take place
i.e. both the affix and its effect on the base are abolished; moreover,
लोप refers only to the last letter of an affix, whereas by
लुक् &c. the dropping of the whole affix is implied),
[Nir.] ;
[Prāt.] ;
[Pāṇ.] &c.
लोप bलोपक &c. See
p. 904, col. 3.