(p. 927) lābaṇa saline; saltish. 15)

(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. 927) lāsya, lāsa a woman's dance; artistic or amorous gestures and postures of women. লাস্যময়ী a. fem. given to dancing; having artistic or amorous gestures and postures. 29)

(p. 927) lēpaṭānō to wrap round oneself; to cling to; to be involved or implicated in; to coat or smear. 89)

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

(p. 927) lēkhya that which is to be or can be written; used in writing only, written (লেখ্য ভাষা). n. anything written; an epistle, a letter; a script; a manuscript; a drawing, a painting, a picture, a sketch; a deed, a document, a record. লেখ্য-নিবদ্ধক n. the Registrar of Assurances. ̃পত্র n. a deed, a document. ̃প্রাপক n. record finder. ̃রক্ষক n. a record-keeper. লেখ্যাগার n. record room. লেখ্যোপকরণ n. writing material, such as ink, pen, paper etc. 76)

(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. 927) līḍh় licked; tasted. 46)

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

(p. 927) lāṭhālāṭhi fighting with sticks or staffs; a serious quarrel. লাঠালাঠি করা v. to fight one another with sticks or staffs; to quarrel seriously. 11)

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

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

(p. 922) labhya obtainable; attainable; acquirable; gainable; available; procurable; capable of being earned as profit. n. gains; profit. লভ্যাংশ n. a share of profit; the part of income regarded as profit. 54)

(p. 933) lyāṇḍ়ā1 an excellent species of mango. 22)

(p. 927) luṇṭhita looted, plundered; robbed; pillaged, sacked; recklessly misappropriated; enjoyed in a great measure; rolling esp. on the ground, sprawling, fem. লুন্ঠিতা । 65)