(p. 927) liṅga the penis; the phallus esp. of Shiva (শিব); sex; (gr.) the gender. ̃পূজা n. phallicism, phallism, phallic worship. ̃মূর্তি n. a phallic image. ̃শরীর n. a phantasmal or subtle body. লিঙ্গায়েত n. a community worshipping the phallus of Shiva (শিব). 36)

(p. 927) lāṭa4 a pillar (অশোকলাট). 8)

(p. 922) lāibrēri a library. ̃য়ান n. a librarian. 84)

(p. 922) lagni investment (of money) in business enterprise; usury. লগ্নি করা v. to invest, to lay out; to lend at interest. ̃করণ n. investing, investment. 8)

(p. 922) lambita hanging, pendent, suspended; dangling; oscillating. লম্বিত বেণী dangling pigtail. 61)

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

(p. 922) lā2 (dial.) a boat. 78)

(p. 933) lōlupa stricken with extreme greed; greatly tempted; very much eager; greedy, avid. 11)

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

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

(p. 933) lōra (poet.) tears. 8)

(p. 927) lālita carefully brought up; carefully reared or tended; fondly cherished. ̃পালিত a. carefully nourished and brought up. 25)

(p. 926) lāja2 parched rice. ̃বর্ষণ করা v. to shower parched rice. 16)

(p. 927) lāmpaṭya lasciviousness, libertinism, debauchery, profligacy, lewdness; wantonness. 18)