Concise Pali-english Dictionary – L –
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lakāra : [m.] a sail.
lakuṇṭaka : [adj.] dwarf.
lakkha : [nt.] a mark; a target; a stake at gambling; a mark in casting up accounts; a hundred thousand.
lakkhaṇa : [nt.] a sign; mark; characteristic; a prognosticative mark; a quality.
lakkhaṇapāṭhaka : [m.] an expert in interpreting signs.
lakkhaṇasampatti : [f.] excellency of marks.
lakkhaṇasampanna : [adj.] endowed with auspicious signs.
lakkhika : [adj.] fortunate.
lakkhita : [pp. of lakkheti] marked; distinguished; characterised.
lakkhī : [f.] good luck; prosperity; the deity of wealth.
lakkheti : [lakkh + e] marks; distinguishes; characterises.
lakkhetvā : [abs. of lakkheti] having marked; having distinguished; having characterised.
lakkhesi : [aor. of lakkheti] marked; distinguished; characterised.
laguḷa : [m.] a cudgel.
lagga : [adj.] stuck; attached to.
laggati : [lag + a] sticks; attaches; adheres to; hangs from.
laggana : [nt.] sticking; attachment; hanging from.
laggi : [aor. of laggati] stuck; attached; adhered to; hung from.
laggita : [pp. of laggati] stuck; attached; adhered to; hung from. (pp. of laggeti), hung on; stuck to.
laggeti : [lug + e] hangs on; sticks to.
laggetvā : [abs. of laggeti] having hung on; having stuck to.
laggesi : [aor. of laggeti] hung on; stuck to.
laṅgī : [f.] a bolt; a bar.
laṅgula : [nt.] tail.
laṅghaka : [m.] jumper; an acrobat.
laṅghati : [lagh + ṃ-a] jumps over; hops.
laṅghana : [nt.] jumping; hopping.
laṅghi : [aor. of laṅghati] jumped over; hopped. || laṅghī (m.) a jumper; a threshold.
laṅghita : [pp. of laṅgheti] jumped over; discharged; transgressed.
laṅghitvā : [abs. of laṅghati] having jumped over; having hopped.
laṅgheti : [lagh + e] jumps over; discharges; transgresses.
laṅghetvā : [abs. of laṅgheti] having jumped over; having discharged; having transgressed.
laṅghesi : [aor. of laṅgheti] jumped over; discharged; transgressed.
lacchati : [fut. of labhati] will get; will obtain; will attain. || lacchati = labhissati.
lajjati : [lajj + a] is ashamed or abashed.
lajjana : [nt.] becoming shameful.
lajjanta : [pr.p. of lajjati] abashing.
lajjamāna : [pr.p. of lajjati] abashing.
lajjā : [f.] shame; bashfulness.
lajjāpana : [nt.] putting to shame.
lajjāpita : [pp. of lajjāpeti] made ashamed.
lajjāpeti : [caus. of lajjati] makes ashamed.
lajjāpesi : [aor. of lajjāpeti] made ashamed.
lajji : [aor. of lajjati] was ashamed or abashed. || lajjī (adj.), feeling shame; modest; conscientious.
lajjita : [pp. of lajjati] was ashamed or abashed.
lajjitabbaka : [adj.] fit to be ashamed.
lajjitvā : [abs. of lajjati] having ashamed or abashed.
lañca : [m.] bribe.
lañcakhādaka : [adj.] receiving bribe.
lañcadāna : [nt.] bribery.
lañcha : [m.] a mark; an imprint.
lañchaka : [m.] one who marks of stamps.
lañchati : [lanch + a] marks; stamps; seals.
lañchana : [nt.] a mark; an imprint.
lañchi : [aor. of lañchati] marked; stamped; sealed.
lañchita : [pp. of lañchati or lañcheti] marked; stamped; sealed.
lañchitvā : [abs. of lañchati] having marked; having stamped; having sealed.
lañcheti : [lanch + e] marks; stamps; seals.
lañchetvā : [abs. of lañcheti] having marked; having stamped; having sealed.
lañchesi : [aor. of lañcheti] marked; stamped; sealed.
laṭukikā : [f.] the Indian quail.
laṭṭhi : [f.] a staff; a young tree.
laṭṭhikā : [f.] a staff; a young tree.
laṇḍa : [m.] dung of animals.
laṇḍikā : [f.] dung of animals.
latā : [f.] a creeper.
latākamma : [nt.] creeper-work (in painting).
laddha : [pp. of labhati or labbhati] obtained; received. || laddhā (abs. of labhati) having got, received, or attained.
laddhaka : [adj.] charming; pleasant.
laddhaguṇa : [m.] the virtues one has attained.
laddhabba : [pt.p.] what should be received.
laddhabhāva : [m.] the fact of receiving or attainment.
laddhāna : [abs. of labhati] having got, received, or attained.
laddhāssāda : [(laddha + assāda), adj.] being refreshed; recovered from a trouble.
laddhi : [f.] a view of theory.
laddhika : [adj.] having a certain view.
laddhuṃ : [inf. of labhati] to get; to receive.
lapati : [lap + a] speaks; talks; prattles.
lapana : [nt.] the mouth; speech. || lapanā (f.), prattling; flattering.
lapanaja : [m.] a tooth.
lapi : [aor. of lapati] spoke; talked; prattled.
lapita : [pp. of lapati] spoken; talked; prattled.
lapitvā : [abs. of lapati] having spoken; having talked; having prattled.
labuja : [m.] the breadfruit tree.
labbhati : [labh + ya] to be obtained or received.
labbhamāna : [pr.p. of labbhati] obtaining; receiving.
labbhā : [ind.] possible; allowable; may be obtained.
labhati : [labh + a] gets; obtains; attains.
labhanta : [pr.p. of labhati] getting; obtaining; attaining.
labhi : [aor. of labhati] got; obtained; attained. || lābhī (m.), one who gains much.
labhituṃ : [inf. of labhati] to get; to receive.
labhitvā : [abs. of labhati] having got; having obtained; having attained.
labhissati : [fut. of labhati]
lamba : [adj.] hanging from; pendulous.
lambaka : [nt.] that which is hanging down; a pendulum.
lambati : [lab +ṃ-a] hangs down; suspends.
lambanta : [pr.p. of lambati] hanging down; suspending.
lambamāna : [pr.p. of lambati] hanging down; suspending.
lambi : [aor. of lambati] hung down; suspended.
lambita : [pp. of lambeti] caused ot hang or suspend.
lambitvā : [abs. of lambati] having hung down; having suspended.
lambeti : [caus. of lambati] causes to hang or suspend.
lambetvā : [abs. of lambeti] having caused ot hang or suspend.
lambesi : [aor. of lambeti] caused ot hang or suspend.
laya : [m.] a brief measure of time.
lalanā : [f.] a woman. || lālana (nt.), dalliance; lulling.
lalita : [nt.] grace; charm. || lālita (pp. of lāleti), lulled; quelled; soothed.
lava : [m.] a drop.
lavaṅga : [nt.] the cloves.
lavaṇa : [nt.] salt.
lavana : [nt.] mowing; reaping.
lasati : [las + a] shines; plays.
lasi : [aor. of lasati] shone; played. || lasī (f.) brains.
lasikā : [f.] synovic fluid.
lasuṇa : [nt.] garlic.
lahu : [adj.] light; quick, (nt.) a short; vowel.
lahuṃ : [adv.] quickly.
lahuka : [adj.] light; trifling; buoyant.
lahukaṃ : [adv.] quickly.
lahutā : [f.] lightness; buoyancy.
lahuparivatta : [adj.] quickly changing.
lahuso : [adv.] quickly.
lākhā : [f.] lac; sealing wax.
lākhārasa : [m.] lac-colouring.
lāja : [m.] parched corn.
lājapañcamaka : [adj.] having parched corn as the fifth.
lāpa : [m.] a sort of quail.
lāpu : [f.] gourd.
lābu : [f.] gourd.
lābukaṭāha : [adj.] the outer crust of a gourd used as a vessel.
lābha : [m.] gain; acquisition. || lābhā (ind.), it is profitable; it is a gain.
lābhakamyatā : [f.] desire for gain.
lābhagga : [m.] the highest gain.
lābhamacchariya : [nt.] selfishness in gain.
lābhasakkāra : [m.] gain and honour.
lāmaka : [adj.] inferior; low; sinful.
lāyaka : [m.] a reaper; mower.
lāyati : [lā +ya] reaps; mows.
lāyi : [aor. of lāyati] reaped; mowed.
lāyita : [pp. of lāyati] reaped; mowed.
lāyitvā : [abs. of lāyati] having reaped; having mowed.
lālapati : [lap + a] talks much; laments.
lālapi : [aor. of lālapati] talked much; lamented.
lālapita : [pp. of lālapati] talked much; lamented.
lāleti : [lal + e] lulls; quells; soothes.
lāletvā : [abs. of lāleti] having lulled; having quelled; having soothed.
lālesi : [aor. of lāleti] lulled; quelled; soothed.
lāsa : [m.] dancing; sport.
lāsana : [nt.] dancing; sport.
likuca : [m.] bread-fruit tree.
likkhā : [f.] an egg of a louse; a measure named after it.
likhati : [likh + a] writes; inscribes; carves; scratches.
likhana : [nt.] writing; cutting into pieces.
likhanta : [pr.p. of likhati] writing; inscribing; carving; scratching.
likhāpeti : [caus. of likhati] causes to make one write.
likhāpetvā : [abs. of likhāpeti] having caused to make one write.
likhāpesi : [aor. of likhāpeti] caused to make one write.
likhi : [aor. of likhati] wrote; inscribed; carved; scratched.
likhita : [pp. of likhati] writen; inscribed; carved; scratched.
likhitaka : [m] one who has been prescribed; an outlaw.
likhituṃ : [inf. of likhati] to write; to inscribe; to carve; to scratch.
likhitvā : [abs. of likhati] having writen; having inscribed; having carved; having scratched.
liṅga : [nt.] sign; mark; attribute; feature; the generative organ; the gender (in grammar).
liṅgaparivattana : [nt.] change of the gender or sex.
liṅgavipallāsa : [m.] change of the gender or sex.
liṅgika : [adj.] pertaining to a gender or generative organ.
liṅgiya : [abs.] having clasped.
litta : [pp. of limpati or lepeti] smeared; stained; anointed.
lipi : [f.] a writing; a letter.
lipikāra : [m.] a writer; scribe; clerk.
limpati : [lip + ṃ-a] smears; stains; anoints.
limpana : [nt.] smearing with.
limpāpeti : [caus. of limpeti] causes to anoint; causes to smeare.
limpi : [aor. of limpati] smeared; stained; anointed.
limpita : [pp. of limpeti] anointed; smeared; plastered.
limpitvā : [abs. of limpati] having smeared; having stained; having anointed.
limpeti : [lip + e] anoints; smears; plasters.
limpetvā : [abs. of limpeti] having anointed; having smeared; having plastered.
limpenta : [pr.p. of limpeti] anointing; smearing; plastering.
limpesi : [aor. of limpeti] anointed; smeared; plastered.
lihati : [lih + a] licks.
lihamāna : [pr.p. of lihati] licking.
lihi : [aor. of lihati] licked.
lihitvā : [abs. of lihati] having licked.
lihimāna : [pr.p. of lihati] licking.
līna : [pp. of līyati] shrunk; shy; reserved.
līnatā : [f.] sluggishness; shyness.
līnatta : [nt.] sluggishness; shyness.
līyati : [li + ya] shrinks; withers; clings to.
līyana : [nt.] shrinking; withering.
līyamāna : [pr.p. of līyati] shrinking; withering; clinging to.
līyi : [aor. of līyati] shrunk (shrank); withered; clung to.
līyitvā : [abs. of līyati] having shrunk (shrank); having withered; having clung to.
līlā : [f.] grace; charm.
lugga : [pp. of lujjati] broken up; felt apart.
lujjati : [luj + ya] breaks up; falls apart.
lujjana : [nt.] crumbling; dissolution.
lujji : [aor. of lujjati] broke up; felt apart.
lujjitvā : [abs. of lujjati] having broken up; having felt apart.
luñcati : [luñc + a] pulls out; uproots.
luñci : [aor. of luñcati] pulled out; uprooted.
luñcita : [pp. of luñcati] pulled out; uprooted.
luñcitvā : [abs. of luñcati] having pulled out; having uprooted.
luta : [pp. of lunāti] mowed.
lutta : [pp. of lopeti] cut off; elided; plundered of.
ludda : [adj.] fierce; cruel. (m.), huntsman.
luddaka : [m.] a hunter.
luddha : [pp. of lubbhati] was greedy; covetous.
lunāti : [lu + nā] cuts off; mows; reaps.
luni : [aor. of lunāti] cut off; mowed; reaped.
lubbhati : [lubh + ya] is greedy; covets.
lubbhana : [nt.] greediness.
lubbhi : [aor. of lubbhati] was greedy; coveted.
lumpati : [lup +ṃ-a] plunders; eats.
lumpana : [nt.] plundering; eating.
lumpi : [aor. of lumpati] plundered; ate.
lumpita : [pp. of lumpati] plundered; eaten.
lumpitvā : [abs. of lumpati] having plundered; having eaten.
luḷita : [pp.] stirred; disturbed.
lūkha : [adj.] rough; coarse; miserable.
lūkhacīvara : [adj.] wearing coarse robes.
lūkhatā : [f.] coarseness.
lūkhappasanna : [adj.] devoted to a person who is shabby.
lūkhājīvī : [(lūkha + ājīvī), adj.] leading a miserable life.
lūṇa : [pp. of lūnati] reaped; mowed.
lūna : [pp. of lūnati] reaped; mowed.
lūyati : [v.] is reaped.
lekhaka : [m.] a scribe; clerk; writer.
lekhana : [nt.] writing; a letter; an inscription.
lekhanī : [f.] a pen.
lekhamukha : [nt.] a nib.
lekhā : [f.] writing; a letter; an inscription; a line; the art of writing.
lekhikā : [f.] a female clerk.
leḍḍu : [m.] a clod of earth.
leḍḍupāta : [m.] a stone’s throw.
leṇa : [nt.] safety; a cave; a rock cell.
lepa : [m.] coating; plastering a plaster.
lepana : [nt.] a smearing; coating.
lepita : [pp. of lepeti] plastered; coated with; smeared.
lepeti : [lip + e] plasters; coats with; smears.
lepetvā : [abs. of lepeti] having plastered; having coated with; having smeared.
lepenta : [pr.p. of lepeti] plastering; coating with; smearing.
lepesi : [aor. of lepeti] plastered; coated with; smeared.
leyya : [adj.] fit to be licked or sipped. (nt.), mucilaginous food.
lesa : [m.] a trifle; a pretext; trick.
loka : [m.] the world; the population.
lokagga : [m.] the chief of the world.
lokadhātu : [f.] the world system.
lokanātha : [m.] the lord of the world.
lokanāyaka : [m.] the lord of the world.
lokanirodha : [m.] destruction of the existence.
lokanta : [m.] the end of the world.
lokantagū : [m.] one who has reached the end of the things worldly.
lokantara : [nt.] a different world; the space between the worlds.
lokantarika : [adj.] situated between the worlds.
lokapāla : [m.] a guardian of the world.
lokavajja : [nt.] a common sin.
lokavivaraṇa : [nt.] unveiling of the universe.
lokavohāra : [m.] ordinary way of speaking.
lokādhipacca : [(loka + ādhipacca), nt.] domination of the world.
lokānukampā : [f.] sympathy with the world of men.
lokāyatika : [adj.] one who holds the view of nature-lore; a nihilist.
lokika : [adj.] worldly; mundane.
lokiya : [adj.] worldly; mundane.
lokuttara : [adj.] super-mundane; transcendental.
lokesa : [m.] the Brahma; the creator.
locaka : [adj.] one who pulls out or uproots.
locana : [nt.] the eye.
loṇa : [nt.] salt. (adj.), salty.
loṇakāra : [m.] salt-maker.
loṇadhūpana : [nt.] flavouring with salt.
loṇaphala : [nt.] a crystal of salt.
loṇasakkharā : [f.] a crystal of salt.
loṇika : [adj.] alkaline.
loṇī : [f.] a salt-pan; a lagoon.
lopa : [m.] elision; cutting off.
lobha : [m.] greed; covetousness.
lobhanīya : [adj.] to be coveted; desirable.
lobhamūlaka : [adj.] having greed as its root.
loma : [nt.] the hair on the body.
lomaṃ pāteti : submits.
lomakūpa : [m.] a pore of the skin.
lomasa : [adj.] hairy; covered with hair.
lomasapāṇaka : [m.] a caterpillar.
lomahaṃsa : [m.] horripilation.
lomahaṃsana : [nt.] horripilation.
lomahaṭṭha : [adj.] having hair standing on the end.
lola : [adj.] greedy; unsteady.
lolatā : [f.] eagerness; greed.
lolupa : [adj.] covetous; greedy.
loluppa : [nt.] greed.
loleti : [lul + e] stirs; shakes; agitates.
loha : [nt.] metal; copper.
lohakaṭāha : [m.] a copper receptacle.
lohakāra : [m.] a coppersmith; metal worker.
lohakumbhī : [f.] a pot made of copper.
lohaguḷa : [m.] a lump of metal.
lohajāla : [nt.] a brass netting.
lohatatuppādaka : [m.] one who sheds the blood (of a Buddha).
lohathālaka : [m.] a brass plate or bowl.
lohapāsāda : [m.] name of the palatial chapter house in Anurādhapura, which was covered with copper tiles.
lohapiṇḍa : [m.] a lump of metal.
lohabhaṇḍa : [nt.] copper ware.
lohamaya : [adj.] made of copper.
lohamāsaka : [m.] a copper coin.
lohasalakā : [f.] a brass wire or pin.
lohita : [nt.] blood. (adj.), red.
lohitaka : [adj.] red.
lohitakkha : [adj.] having red eyes.
lohitaṅka : [m.] a ruby.
lohitacandana : [nt.] red sandal-wood.
lohitapakkhandikā : [f.] bloody diarrhoea.
lohitabhakkha : [adj.] feeding on blood.
lohituppādaka : [m.] one who sheds the blood (of a Buddha).
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ḷaṅghāpeti : [caus. of laṅghati] causes to jump; causes to hop.
ḷāpukaṭāha : [adj.] the outer crust of a gourd used as a vessel.
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