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Concise Pali-English Dictionary
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera

 

 

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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.

laddhu

: [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.

labhitu

: [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.

lahu

: [adv.] quickly.

lahuka

: [adj.] light; trifling; buoyant.

lahuka

: [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.

likhitu

: [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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