The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

soon Vin ii.215. -- 3 (as tt. in grammar) light (of letters or syllables), opp. garuka DA i.177 (with ref. to the
10 fold vyañjana of the dhamma).
Lahut!
Lahut! (f.) [fr. lahu] lightness, buoyancy Dhs 42, 322, 585; Vism 448.
Lahusa
Lahusa (adj.) [fr. lahu] easily offended, touchy D i.90; expld by DA i.256 as follows: "lahus! ti lahuk!,
appaken' eva tussanti v! russanti v! udaka -- pi&&he l!buka&!ha' viya appakena pi uppilavanti." Cp. rabhasa.
Lahuso
Lahuso (adv.) [orig. abl. of lahu] quickly A iv.247 (sabba˚); Vism 238.
L!kh!
L!kh! (f.) [cp. Sk. d!k+!] lac; lac -- dye; enumd with other colourings at M i.127=S ii.101=A iii.230. --
SnA 577; Vism 261 (as colour of blood). -- !cariya expert in lac -- dyeing SnA 577. -- gu)aka a ball of lac
SnA 80. -- go)aka id. SnA 577. -- tamba copper coloured with lac Th 2, 440 (=l!kh! -- rasarattehi viya
tambehi lomehi samann!gata ThA 270). -- rasa essence of lac, used for dyeing; lac -- colouring J v.215
(˚ratta -- succhavi); vi.269 (id.); KhA 62, 63; ThA 270.
L!ja & L!j!
L!ja & L!j! (f.) [cp. Vedic l!ja: Zimmer, Altind. Leben 269] 1. fried grain, parched corn: occurring only in
combn madhu -- l!ja fried grain with honey, sweet corn J iii.538; iv.214, 281. -- 2. the flower of Dalbergia
arborea, used for scattering in bunches (with other flowers making 5 kinds or colours) as a sign of welcome
& greeting, usually in phrase l!ja -- pañcam!ni pupph!ni ("a cluster of flowers with l!ja as the fifth") DhA
i.112; VvA 31; J i.55 (˚pañcamak!ni p.); cp. J ii.240 (vippaki**a -- l!ja -- kusuma -- ma*.ita -- tal!); vi.42
(vippaki**a -- l!ja -- kusuma -- v!sa -- dh(p' andhak!ra); DhA i.140 (vippaki**a -- valika' pañcava**a --
kusuma -- l!ja -- pu**agha&a -- pa&ima*.ita).
L!jeti
L!jeti [fr. l!ja] to fry or have fried J vi.341 (v. l. lañc˚, lañj˚), 385 (lañchetv!; v. l. lañci˚, lañje˚).
L!pa
L!pa1 [fr. lap] talk: see cpds. abhi˚, pa˚, sal˚.
L!pa
L!pa2 [also fr. lap, lit. "talker," cp. similar semantics of E. quail>Ger. quaken, quicken; E. quack. The P.
form rests on pop. etym., as in Sk. we find corresponding name as l!ba] a sort of quail, Perdix chinensis S
v.146=J ii.59. As l!paka -- saku*a also at J ii.59. -- Another name for quail is va&&aka.
L!pana
L!pana (nt.) [fr. l!peti, Caus. of lap] muttering, utterance, speech It 98; A i.165 (lapita˚). Perhaps also to be
read at Th 2, 73. -- Cp. upa˚.