(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. 921) l the twenty-eighth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 926) lāṅala a plough. লাঙল চষা, লাঙল দেওয়া v. to plough. লাঙলের ফাল a ploughshare. ̃দণ্ড n. the shaft of a plough. ̃রেখা n. a furrow. 12)

(p. 926) lāghaba decrease, reduction; meiosis; underestimation; lightness, levity; humiliation; promptness, quickness, dexterity (হস্তলাঘব). লাঘব করা v. to decrease, to reduce; to make light of, to reduce the weight of; to humiliate. 11)

(p. 927) lēnadēna, lēnādēnā act of giving and taking; transaction; exchange; bargain; payment and repayment. 84)

(p. 926) lāgēja luggage. লাগেজ করা v. to book a luggage. 10)

(p. 926) lāṅula, lāṅgula a tail (of beasts.) ̃হীন a. tailless, anurous, anourous. 13)

(p. 933) lōphā to catch or take hold of a thing in the air, to take hold of a thing before it touches the ground; (fig.) to accept or receive eagerly. লোফালুফি করা v. to take or hold catches; to catch repeatedly; throwing and catching. 3)

(p. 922) lāiphabōṭa a life-boat. 83)

(p. 933) lōhu, lau blood. 16)

(p. 927) lāṭhi a stick, a staff. ̃খেলা n. an exhibition fight with sticks. লাঠি খেলা v. to fight with sticks as an exhibition; to practise fighting with sticks. ̃পেটা করা v. to beat or belabour with a stick. ̃বাজি করা v. to fight or persecute with sticks. ̃য়াল n. a (skilled) figther with sticks. ̃য়ালি n. skill in, or the profession of, fighting with sticks. 12)

(p. 927) luci a kind of small and thin saucershaped bread fried in ghee. 56)

(p. 927) lāpha a leap, a jump, a bound, a skip. লাফ দেওয়া, লাফ মারা v. to take a leap, to jump; to skip. লাফে লাফে by leaps and bounds. লাফানো v. to jump, to leap, to bound; to skip; to fret. n. jumping, leaping, bounding, skipping; fretting. লাফানে a. given to jumping or leaping; frisking; fretful. লাফালাফি n. frisking, gambolling; flouncing, fuss. লাফালাফি করা v. to frisk, to gambol; to flounce; to fuss. 13)

(p. 927) lēbēla a label. লেবেল আঁটা v. to label. লেবেল-আঁটা a. lebelled. 95)

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