(p. 927) lēkhā to write; to compose (as a book); to write; to draw or describe or trace. n. same as লিখন a. written; composed; drawn or traced. ̃জোখা n. accounts. ̃নো v. to cause to write or compose or write to or draw or trace; to teach one how to write. ̃পড়া n. reading and writing; education; studies; an agreement in black and white; a legally registered agreement. লেখাপড়া করা v. to read and write; to receive education; to study; to enter into or draw up a written agreement; to execute a legally registered agreement. লেখালিখি করা v. to write (repeatedly) to one another; to send in repeated correspondence; to do some writing; to make repeated representation in writing. 74)

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

(p. 922) lākṣā lac, shellac. ̃কীট n. an insect producing lac. ̃রস n. lac dye. 88)

(p. 922) laguḍ় a heavy stick, a cudgel, a mallet, a club. লগুড়াঘাত করা v. to beat with a club or a cudgel. লগুড়াহত a. cudgelled, beaten with a stick, bastinadoed. 4)

(p. 927) lāṭima, lāṭṭu a top. লাটিম ঘুরানো to spin a top. 10)

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

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

(p. 926) lāga reach; contact; touch; contiguity; nearness. ̃সই a. appropriate, fitting, suitable. 3)

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

(p. 927) lēsa an ornamental fabric, a lace. লেস পরানো n. to decorate with a lace, to lace, to enlace. 99)

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

(p. 922) lagna2 (astrol.) the rising-time of any zodiacal sign or the time of the sun's transition to a zodiacal sign; (astrol.) a suitable or auspicious time or moment (বিয়ের লগ্ন); a point of time (মরণলগ্ন). ̃পত্র n. a written marriage-contract fixing astrologically the time of marriage. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. failing to commence one's work within the astrologically appointed hours; (fig.) one who has missed the opportune moment. 6)