(p. 926) lāgā to contact, to touch (গায়ে হাওয়া লাগা)); to be smeared or soiled with (কাদা লাগা); to be attached or affixed; to catch (আগুন লাগা); to touch at, to stop at (তীরে জাহাজ লাগা); to stop or park (গাড়ি লাগা); to join (চাকরিতে লাগা); to begin, to start, to commence (গ্রহণ লাগা); to form (ভিড় লাগা); to be engaged in, to set to (খেতে লাগা); to be felt (as) (ভালো লাগা, গরম লাগা); to feel pain (আমার লাগছে); to be felt as painful (ফোড়াটায় লাগছে); to fit or suit, to be appropriate (শব্দটা ওখানে লাগবে না); to be considered equal, to compete with (ধ্রুপদের কাছে কি অন্য গান লাগে); to require, to need (দু-দিন লাগবে); to cost (একশো টাকা লেগেছে); to work (ওষুধটা লেগেছে); to come true (ভবিষ্যত্দ্বাণী লেগেছে); to begin to quarrel (দু-পক্ষে লেগেছে); to be held (এখানে মেলা লাগবে); to pester, to tease (তার পিছনে লেগো না); to pursue, to chase, to hound, to follow, to shadow (পিছনে পুলিশ লেগেছে); to be attracted (কাজে মন লাগা); to pierce (বুকে তির লাগা); to strike, to hit (ঘুসি লাগা, চোট লাগা); to stick (গলায় কাঁটা লাগা); to fall under the evil influence of (এঁড়ে লাগা, শনি লাগা); to be seized with (ভিরমি লাগা). লেগে থাকা v. to stick; to pursue doggedly or resolutely. 4)

(p. 927) lēpacā a Himalayan race; a member of this race, a Lepcha. 88)

(p. 926) lāgāḍ় continuity, stretch. a. continuous (লাগাড় বকবকানি). 6)

(p. 922) laṅkā2 Ceylon; modern Sri Lanka. ̃কান্ড n. a canto of the Ramayana narrating the capture of Lanka (লঙ্কা) by Rama (রাম); (fig.) a tumultuous affray or brawl. ̃দাহন n. the burning of Lanka (লঙ্কা) by Hanuman (হনুমান). ̃ধিপতি, ̃পতি n. the king of Lanka (লঙ্কা). 16)

(p. 922) lajjata that part of the body which flushes in bashfulness, the face; glorious flush of chastity. 24)

(p. 927) likhana writing; composing; drawing or tracing; a piece of writing; a letter, a note, a chit; a script, manuscript. ̃প্রণালী, ̃ভঙ্গি n. style or mode of writing or composing. 32)

(p. 922) lalanā a woman; a gentlewoman, a lady; a wife. 65)

(p. 922) laghimā a yogic attainment that enables one to make one's body light or subtle at pleasure; absence of heaviness, lightness. 9)

(p. 922) labaṇa salt. ̃খনি n. salt-mine. ̃ছাড়া a. (of food) salt-free. ̃জল n. salt-water. saline water. ̃পোড়া a. (of food) overmixed with salt, over-salted. ̃সমুদ্র n. (myth.) the sea containing salt-water. লবনাক্ত a. smeared or oversmeared with salt; containing salt (usu. to excess); saltish, salted; salty; saline. লবণাম্বু n. (myth.) the sea containing salt-water; a sea, an ocean. 50)

(p. 926) lāgi, lāgiẏā (poet.) for, for the sake of, on account of. 9)

(p. 927) lōkāẏata secular (লোকায়ত সরকার). 110)

(p. 927) lōkāraṇya a vast crowd of people; a great concourse of people. (লোকে) লোকারণ্য হওয়া v. to teem with a vast multitude of people. 111)

(p. 927) lālana act of bringing up carefully; carefully rearing or tending; fond cherishing (আশা-লালন). লালন করা v. to bring up carefully; to rear or tend carefully; to cherish fondly. লালন-পালন করা v. to nourish and bring up; to rear. 22)

(p. 927) lēpāphā, lēphāphā an envelope, a cover, a wrapper. ̃দোরস্ত, ̃দুরন্ত a. outwardly or formally meticulous (but actually insincere and faulty). 92)

(p. 922) lapta a stretch. এক লপ্তে at a stretch. 45)