(p. 927) lipsā eager desire to obtain; yearning; avidity. লিপ্সা করা v. to yearn or long for. 42)

(p. 922) lahamā a minute fraction of time, a short while, a moment. 73)

(p. 927) lōkācāra a popular practice, a custom, a usage; customs and usages collectively. লোকাচারের বিরুদ্ধে a. contrary to popular practice, opposed to prevailing custom or usage. 105)

(p. 927) lēpa2 a layer of paint etc., a coat, a coating, a wash (মাটির লেপ); anything to coat or smear with. 86)

(p. 922) laṅkēśa the king of Lanka. 17)

(p. 933) lyāṅaṭa, lyāṅgaṭa a tiny loincloth worn by Indian wrestlers and ascetics. 25)

(p. 922) lāu the bottle-gourd. লাউয়ের খোলা calabash. ডগা n. the tender upper end of the bottle-gourd plant; a kind of very slender and non-venomous green snake. ̃মাচা n. a scaffold or trellis made of bamboo and twigs along which a bottle-gourd plant creeps up. 86)

(p. 927) lāñchana a stain, a spot; a sign; an emblem; a flag; painting. 2)

(p. 921) lakṣī the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity; fortune; beauty; grace. a. fem. & masc. well-behaved and good-natured. লক্ষীর বরপুত্র Fortune's favourite. লক্ষীর ভান্ডার an inexhaustible store. ˜ছাড়া a. bereft of grace and prosperity; wretched; uncouth; scoundrelly, wicked. fem. ̃ছাড়ি । ̃ছাড়া, ̃ছাড়া লোক n. a scapegrace, a wretch, a scoundrel. ̃প্যাঁচা n. a kind of whitish owl on which Goddess Lakshmi rides. ̃বন্ত, ̃মন্ত a. prosperous, rich, wealthly; auspicious or graceful (লক্ষীবন্ত চেহারা). ̃বার n. the day of the week when the Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped, (usu.) Thursday. ̃শ্রী n. graceful signs or marks of prosperity or auspiciousness; grace or beauty resembling that of Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষী). ̃স্বরূপিণী a. resembling Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষী) in beauty and merits; appearing as Lakshmi incarnate. 16)

(p. 933) lōha iron; metal; blood; tears. 13)

(p. 927) lipyantara transliteration. লিপ্যন্তর করা v. to transliterate. 41)

(p. 922) lapēṭā a kind of vamped slippers. 44)

(p. 922) labja speech; language; a dialect; a mode of speaking; an idiom. 48)

(p. 927) lēpana coating or smearing. লেপন করা v. to coat, to wash, to smear. 90)

(p. 927) lāṭa1 a parcel of land (chiefly agricultural) marked out for administrative purpose or a set of things offered together for sale, a lot. ̃বন্দি a. divided into lots. 5)