The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Likhati [likh; Vedic likhati, also rikh in Ved. !rikhati (R.V. vi.53, 7), cp. with palatal ri!ati, li!ati.
Connected with Gr. e)rei/kw to tear; Lith. rë!kti to cut bread, to plough; Ohg. r"ga=Ags. r!w=E. row. -- Dhtp
467 simply expls by "lekhane"] 1. to scratch; to cut, carve; write, inscribe M i.127 (r(p!ni); J ii.372
(suva**a -- patte); iv.257 (id.), 488, 489 (j!ti -- hingulakena); DhA i.182; PvA 145 (n!ma' likhi wrote his
name). -- pa**a' l. to write a letter J ii.174; vi.369 (pa**e on a leaf). -- 2. to shave (off), plane Vin ii.112
(inf. likhitu'). -- pp. likhita. -- Cp. vi.˚ -- Caus. I. lekheti (q. v.). Caus. II. likh!peti to cause to be cut or
carved [cp. BSk. likh!payati Divy 547] Vin ii.110; SnA 577; to cause to be written Miln 42.
Likhana
Likhana (nt.) [cp. late Sk. likhana; fr. likh] scratching, cutting, writing J v.59 (a golden tablet for writing
on). Cp. ullikhana.
Likh!
Likh! in likh! -- pa**a at PvA 20 is faulty for lekh!˚ (lekha˚) letter, cp. lekha -- pattra letter M!lat"m 172,
7.
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Likhita
Likhita [pp. of likhati] 1. carved, cut, worked (in ivory etc.), in cpd. sankha˚ brahmacariya the moral life,
like a polished shell D i.63; S ii.219, expld at DA i.181 as "likhita -- sankha -- sadisa dhota -- sankha --
sappa&ibh!ga." 2. written, inscribed J iv.7 (likhit!ni akkhar!ni); Miln 42 (lekha l.). -- 3. made smooth,
shaved J vi.482 (c!pa). -- 4. marked, proscribed, made an outlaw Vin i.75. Cp. ullikhita.
Likhitaka
Likhitaka (adj.) [likhita+qualifying ending ka] one who has been proscribed, an outlaw Vin i.75 (cora).
Linga
Linga (nt.) [fr. ling; late Vedic & (pre -- eminently) Class. Sk. linga] 1. characteristic, sign, attribute, mark,
feature M i.360; S v.278; Sn 601 sq. (= sa*&h!na SnA 464); Vin iv.7 (two: h"na & ukka&&ha); J i.18; iv.114
(gihi˚), 130; Miln 133 (s!sana˚), 162 (dve sama*assa ling!ni), 405 (lingato ca nimittato ca etc.); Vism 184;
DhsA 64 (=sa*&h!na T"k!: Expos. 86). -- 2. mark of sex, sexual characteristic, pudendum (male as well as
female, as neither m. nor f.) Vin iii.35 (purisa˚); J v.197 (˚sa*&h!na); KhA 110 (itthi˚); SnA 48 (˚sampatti),
51 (id.), 300 (itthi˚); DhsA 321 sq. (itthi˚). -- 3. (in grammar) mark of sex, (characteristic) ending, gender
SnA 397. ˚vipall!sa change or substitution of gender PvA 7, 33, 58, 87, 157.
Ling!la
Ling!la [cp. Sk. ling!lik! a kind of mouse] antelope (?) Pgdp 10.
Lingika
Lingika (adj.) [fr. linga] having or being a characteristic Vism 210 (of n!ma); KhA 107 (id.).
Lingeti