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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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La syllable of abbreviation, corresponding to our "etc.": see peyy!la.<br />

Laka&&hika<br />

Lak -- a&&hika at VvA 222 is doubtful; a&&hika means "kernel," lak˚ may be a misspelling for labujak˚ (?).<br />

Lakanaka<br />

Lakanaka (nt.?) [fr. lag, with k for g, as laku&a: lagu)a etc. Would correspond to Sk. *lagnaka, cp.<br />

Trenckner. Notes 62; Geiger, P.Gr. § 391] ship's anchor (n!v!˚) Miln 377 (v. l. lagganaka), 378.<br />

Lak!ra<br />

Lak!ra [for alank!ra, lit. "fitting up," cp. Hind" & Mar!th" langara, Tamil ilankaran "in meaning anchor."] a<br />

sail J ii.112; Miln 378; D!vs iv.42; Vism 137 (v. l. BB. lank!ra).<br />

Laku&a<br />

Laku&a [see lagu)a for etym.] a club, cudgel Miln 255 (in sequence da*.a -- le..u -- laku&a -- muggara),<br />

301, 367, 368. See also lagu)a.<br />

Laku*&aka<br />

Laku*&aka [dialectical] a dwarf Mhvs 23, 50 (˚sar"ratta); VbhA 26 (˚p!da -- purisa, cpd. with ar(pa); PugA<br />

227; C. on S i.237.<br />

Laku*&akatta<br />

Laku*&akatta (nt.) [fr. laku*&aka] dwarfishness J vi.337.<br />

Laketi<br />

Laketi [for laggeti, see lakanaka] to hold fast (lit. to make adhere) Miln 377.<br />

Lakkha<br />

Lakkha (nt.) [fr. lak+ (see lakkha*a), or (after Grassmann) lag "to fix," i. e. to mark. Cp. Vedic lak+a price<br />

at gambling (Zimmer, Altind. Leben 287)] 1. a mark Miln 102. -- 2. a target Miln 418; DhA i.52 (˚yogg!<br />

target practice, i. e. shooting). -- 3. a stake at gambling J vi.271. -- 4. a high numeral, a lac or 100,000 (but<br />

cp. PvA 255, where lakkha of Pv iv.338 is taken as a "period of time," equal to 100 ko&is); D!vs v.66.<br />

Lakkhañña<br />

Lakkhañña (adj.) [fr. lakkha*a, cp. BSk. lak+a*ya diviner Divy 474] connected with auspices, auspicious,<br />

in phrase "lakkhaññ! vata bho dosin! ratti" (how grand a sign, friends, is the moonlight night! trsln) D<br />

i.47=J i.509 (expld at DA i.141 as "divasa -- m!s' -- !d"na' lakkha*a' bhavitu' yutt!"); J v.370 (˚sammata<br />

considered auspicious).<br />

Lakkha*a

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