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

(p. 922) labaṅga clove; the clove-tree. ̃লতা, ̃লতিকা n. a creeper bearing fragrant flowers, (cp.) the clove-pink; a kind of sweet pastry; (fig.) a modest and charming female. 47)

(p. 927) lāñchita reproached, reprimanded; disgraced; insulted; persecuted; harassed; stained, spotted, bearing a particular sign or emblem or flag; painted. 4)

(p. 933) lyāñcānō to limp. 21)

(p. 922) lagna2 (astrol.) the rising-time of any zodiacal sign or the time of the sun's transition to a zodiacal sign; (astrol.) a suitable or auspicious time or moment (বিয়ের লগ্ন); a point of time (মরণলগ্ন). ̃পত্র n. a written marriage-contract fixing astrologically the time of marriage. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. failing to commence one's work within the astrologically appointed hours; (fig.) one who has missed the opportune moment. 6)

(p. 922) laṅghita crossed; passed over; leapt over, scaled over; not observed; transgressed; violated, infringed; not complied with, not abided by. 21)

(p. 922) lampha2 a leap, a spring, a jump, a bound. লম্ফ দেওয়া v. to leap, to spring, to jump, to bound. এক লম্ফে at a leap. লম্ফে লম্ফে by leaps and bounds. ̃ঝম্প n. continuous or repeated skipping or leaping; (fig.) excessive haste or fuss or ado or bragging. ̃ন n. leaping or springing or jumping or bounding. 57)

(p. 922) laghu not heavy, light; easily digestible and moderate; not serious, venial; small; frivolous, easy, carefree; swift or nimble yet noiseless; easily understood, easy, light (লঘুপাঠ); low, vile, inferior; contemptible; slighted; worthless, trivial; subtle; liquid, watery; (gr.) short. ̃কায় a. light-bodied; slim-bodied; short-statured. ̃গামী a. nimbly and yet noiselessly moving; light-moving. ̃গুণক n. (math.) reduction factor. ̃চিত্ত, ̃চেতা a. light-headed; lighthearted; flippant, frivolous. ̃জ্ঞান n. disregard, contempt; slight. ̃জ্ঞান করা v. to think lighty of; to treat with contempt; to slight, to look down upon. ̃নির্মাণ n. minor works. ̃পথ্য n. light diet, (cp.) sick diet. ̃পাক a. easily digested or digestible, light. ̃পাচ্য a. easily digestible. লঘু পাপ a venial sin; a trivial offence. লঘুপাপে গুরুদন্ড heavy punishment for a venial or trivial offence. ̃পায়ে adv. light-footedly. ̃প্রকৃতি same as ̃চিত্ত । ̃বন্ধনী n. the sign of parenthesis, the first bracket. ̃বৃত্ত n. a small circle. ̃ভাবে adv. lightly. ̃ভোজন n. a light and easily digestible meal. ̃মস্তিষ্ক a. light-headed; incapable of serious thinking; dullheaded. n. the cerebellum. ̃সংগীত n. light music. ̃স্বর n. a low or soft voice, (gr.) a short vowel. ̃হস্ত a. light-handed; dexterous. 12)

(p. 922) lalāṭa the forehead, the front; the temple; fate; luck; destiny. ̃ভূষণ n. an ornament for the forehead. ̃রেখা n. a line on the forehead (esp. one indicating one's destiny). ̃লিখন, ̃লিপি n. one's destiny as indicated by the lines on one's forehead. ললাটিকা n. a holy mark of sandal-paste, clay etc. put on the forehead; an ornament for the forehead. 66)

(p. 922) lampha1 lamp esp. a small kerosene lamp. 56)

(p. 927) lukānō to go into hiding, to hide; to remain invisible; to put out of sight, to hide, to conceal. a. hidden, concealed. 52)

(p. 927) luṅgi, luṅi a long (usu. stitched) loincloth worn by men, a lungi. 55)

(p. 926) lācāḍ়i a Bengali poetical metre suitable for dancing; a song composed in this metre. 14)

(p. 927) likalika expressing: great slenderness or thinness. লিকলিকে a. very slender or thin. 31)

(p. 922) lampaṭa lascivious, licentious, libertine, debauched, profligate, lewd; wanton. n. a libertine, a profligate, a debauchee. 55)