(p. 922) laṅkēśa the king of Lanka. 17)

(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. 922) laśakara a soldier; a naval soldier; a sailor; armed forces. 69)

(p. 927) lāla2 red. a. reddened; flushed. লাল করা v. to redden; to dye or paint red. ̃ফিতে n. (fig.) official delay; redtapism. লাল বাতি জ্বালা to go into liquidation. লাল হওয়া v. to redden; to flush; (fig.) to flourish; to become rich. 20)

(p. 922) lajjita ashamed; put to shame; abashed. fem. লজ্জিতা । 27)

(p. 927) lōṭana the tumbler pigeon, the tumbler (also লোটন পায়রা); a bun dressed so as to hang loosely. 116)

(p. 927) lālā saliva, spittle, slaver. লালা ঝরা বা ঝরানো v. to salivate, to slaver. ̃য়িত a. seized with eager greed; coveting; yearning for; hankering after. fem. ̃য়িতা । ̃য়িত হওয়া v. to be seized with eager desire; to covet; to yearn for; to hanker after. ̃স্রাব n. salivation; slavering, drivelling. 24)

(p. 933) lyāṇḍ়ā2 lame. n. a lame person. 23)

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

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

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

(p. 933) lōhu, lau blood. 16)

(p. 922) laghūkṛta lightened; simplified; (math.) reduced; (chem.) diluted; attenuated; commuted. 15)

(p. 927) lēḍikēni a kind of sweet drop made by frying posset. 81)

(p. 933) lōbāna benzoin. 4)