(p. 927) lōkābhāba want of men; want of workers; thin population. 109)

(p. 927) līlā sport; pleasure; dalliance; activities (কৃষ্ণের লীলা); (sarcas.) undesirable activities (নেতাদের লীলা); significant but unintelligible work or sport (বিধাতার লীলা). ̃কমল n. a lotus carried in the hand playfully; a toy lotus. ̃কলহ n. a lover's quarrel; a mock quarrel. ̃কানন n. a pleasure garden. ̃কুঞ্জ n. a pleasure grove. ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a field of activities; a venue of sports. ̃খেলা same as লীলা । লীলাখেলা সাঙ্গ করা v. (usu. sarcas.) to die; (iron-usu. of a criminal) to give up one's activities and surrender. ̃চঞ্চল a. frequently moving in playfulness; sweetly frolicsome. ̃বতী same as ̃ময়ী । ̃ভূমি same as ̃ক্ষেত্র । ̃ময় a. sweetly playful or sportive; given to sweet dalliance; attitudinizing; one whose activities, though significant, are not easily intelligible. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃য়িত a. having assumed a beautiful pose or posture, attitudinized; full of delicate movements. 49)

(p. 922) laṅgarakhānā a place where cooked food is distributed in charity to a number of persons. 19)

(p. 927) lu a very hot wave of summer wind that blows sometimes in a tropical region or in a desert; simoom. 50)

(p. 927) lālacē reddish. 21)

(p. 927) lāmā1 a Buddhist priest in Tibet, a lama. 16)

(p. 922) laṅghana fasting; crossing; passing or leaping or scaling over; dereliction, non-observance; transgression; violation, infringement; non-compliance, non-abidance. লঙ্ঘন করা v. to cross; to pass or leap or scale over; to fail to perform; to transgress; to violate, to infringe; not to comply with, not to abide by, to disobey. লঙ্ঘন দেওয়া v. to keep fasting, to go without food. 20)

(p. 927) lui a kind of very soft woollen wrapper. 51)

(p. 927) lāṭa-bēlāṭa (sarcas.) lords and nobles, big people. 9)

(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. 922) lahu1 (obs. & poet.) blood. 76)

(p. 933) lyā the leg, the shank; causing to stumble by pushing one's leg into anothers. ল্যাং দেওয়া, ল্যাং মারা v. to cause to stumble or fall by pushing one's leg into another's to trip; (sl.) to betray. 19)

(p. 922) lagna1 attached or adhering or leaning to (কন্ঠলগ্ন, দেহলগ্ন). 5)

(p. 927) luṭōpuṭi rolling esp. on the ground; weltering, sprawling, wallowing. লুটোপুটি খাওয়া v. to roll esp. on the ground; to sprawl, to wallow. 62)

(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)