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La syllable of abbreviation, corresponding to our " etc." :
see peyyala.
Lak-a(thika at VvA 222 is doubtful ; atthika
means " kernel," Iak° may be a misspelling for
labujak" (?).
L.
Lakanaka (nt. ?) [£r. lag, with k for g, as lakuia : lagula
etc. Would correspond to Sk. 'lagnaka, cp. Trenckner.
Notes 62 ; Geiger, P.Gr. § 39^] ship's anchor (nava°)
Miln 377 (v. 1. lagganaka), 378. 1
Lakaia [for alankara, lit. " fitting up." cp. Hindi &
Marathi langara, Tamil ilankaran] a sail
J 11. 112; i
Miln 378 ; Davs iv.42 ; Vism 137 (v. 1. BB. lankara). ;
Laknta [see lagula for etym.] a club, cudgel Miln 255 (in 1
sequence dapda-leddu-lakuta-muggara), 301, 367, 368.
See also lagula.
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Laknfltaka [dialectical] a dwarf Mhvs 23, 50 (°sariratta)
VbhA 26 (°pada-purisa, cpd. with arupa) ; PugA
227 ; C. on S 1.237.
Lakoi^takatta (nt.) [fr. lakuntaka] dwarfishness J vi 337. ,
Laketi [for laggeti, see lakanaka] to hold fast (lit. to make
adhere) Miln 377.
Lakkha (nt.) [fr. lakf (see lakkhana), or (after Grassmann) [
lag " to fix," i. e. to mark. Cp. Vedic lak§a price at '
gambling (Zimmer, Altind. Leben 287)] i. a mark '
Miln 102. — 2. a target Miln 418; DhA 1.52 (°yogga
target practice, i. e. shooting). — 3. a stake at gambling
J VI.271. — -4. a high numeral, a lac or 100,000 (but |
cp. PvA 255, where lakkha of Pv iv.3^ is taken as a
" period of time," equal to 100 kotis) ;
Davs v.66.
Lakkhafifia (adj.) [fr. lakkhaija, cp. BSk. lakjanya diviner
Divy 474] connected with auspices, auspicious, in phrase
" lakkhaiifla vata bho dosina ratti " (how grand a sign,
friends, is the moonlight night! trsl") D 1.47=} 1.509
(expH at DA 1.141 as " divasa-mas'-adinar) lakkhaijar)
bhavitui) yutta"); J v. 370 ("sammata considered
auspicious).
Lakkhaija (nt.) [Vedic laksman nt. sign; adj. lak?maija
later Sk. laksmana nt. In the def" of grammarians syn.
with anka brand, e. g. Dhtp 536 " anka lakkhane
lakkha dassane," or Dhtm 748 " 1
I
]
lakkha = dassanaanke
" ; cp. J 1.451 lakkhaijena anketi to brand. —
The Sk. Np. Lak?maija appears also in Prk. as Lakkharia
:
mark ;
Pischel, Prk. Gr.
esp. a sign as implying
§ 312]
something
i. sign, characteristic.
extraordinary
or pointing to the future, therefore a prognosticative
mark (cp. talisman), a distinguishing mark or salient
feature, property, quality (as Rh. D. in Dial. 1.19
somewhat lengthily, after Bdhgh, trsl* lakkhana by
" signs of good & bad qualities in the foil, things and
of the marks in them denoting the health or luck of their
owners ") D 1.9 (a long list, as forbidden practice of
fortune-telling, like mani° from jewels, danda" from
36
sticks. asi° from marks on swords etc.); Sn 360 (pi.
lakkhaija, here as fortune-telling together with supina
telling fr. dreams, cp. SnA 362 : daij(Ja°, vattha" etc.
referring to D 1.9), 927 (with Athabbana, supina &
nakkhatta, all kinds of secret sciences ; expli* at SnA
564 as " mani-lakkhanadi ") 1018 (gottag bruhi sa°
"with its distinguishing marks"); J vi.364 (sign of
beauty); Miln 171 (yathava" just characterization);
Mhvs 35, 109 (itthi° auspicious signs in women) ;
PvA
161, 219; SnA 386. A long enum" of all sorts of
(perfect) marks (tatha-lakkhanani) is found at DA
1.62 sq. Cp. tadi-lakkhana marks of
with ref. to good luck etc.
J 111.98 ; SnA
such (a being),
95.
200 ; VvA
— 2. mark on the body, esp. when serving a def.
purpose, e. g. as the branding (of slaves), or the marks
of a fortunate being, pointing towards his future greatness
:
(a) brand J 1.451, cp. cpd. °ahata. — (b) the (32)
marks of a maha-purisa or a great being, either destined
to be a raja cakkavalti, or a sammd-satnbuddha. These
are given at Sn 1019 (pi. lakkhana). 1021, 1022 as only
3 (viz. mukhar) jivhaya chadeti, uijn' assa bhamuk'
antare, kos' ohitai) vattha-guyhag with ref. to his
tongue, the hair between the eyebrows & the sexual
organ) ; more completely as 32 at D 11. i6 sq. ; in. 142 sq.
(the Lakkhana Suttanta) ; referred to at D 1.88, 105 ;
J
1.56; Mhvs 5, 91 ; cp. paripunna-kaya Sn 548 (with
expl' lakkhanehi punnataya at SnA 452). — 3. (in
spec, sense:) pudendum J v. 197 (subha°, the male
member), 366. — 4. (adj.) (-°) having the marks (of),
characterized by, of such & such character A 1.102
(kamma° ; bala"
parwjitanimitta) ; Miln 1 1 1 (sata-punna°, of the
& pandita", together with bala- &
Buddha); VvA 71 (para-sampatti-usuyya-lakkhaija
issa) ; PvA 17, 120.-5. (as t. t. in philosophy)
specific attribute, characteristic (mark). In contrast
to nimitta more a substantial
characteristic (cp. VbhA 261).
attribute or primary
Compared with other
terms of definition we get the foil. : rasa essential
property, paccupatthdna recurring phenomenon, padatthdna
immediate occasion DhsA 63 (trsl" Expos. 1.84).
cp. Cpd. 13 (where padatthdna is trsl'^ as " proximate
cause "). — Psi.54sq. (kliandhanar)) ; 11. 108 (saccanar))
VbhA 85. 136 (with ref. to the Paticcasamuppada, cp.
Vism 528), 261 (fourfold, of kesa etc.) ; Vism 278 (with
ref. to kammatthana) 351 (4. of the dhatus : thaddha",
abandhana". paripacana". vitthambhana"). 363 sq.
(id.). 495 (ariya-saccanar)) ; VvA 38 (comp* with arammaijia
with ref. to jhana). — The 3 properties (tilakkhanar))
of existing things or of the phenomenal world
are anicca, dukkha, anatta, or impermanence, suffering,
unreality: thus at J 1.48 (dhamma-desana ti-l-°mutt5),
275 ; in. 377 (through contemplating them arises vipas-
sana & pacceka-bodhi-flaija). — abl. lakkhanato " by or
qua characteristic," " in its essential qualification," often
found in exegetical analysis in Commentary style
comb'' with var. similar terms (atthato, kamato, nimittato
etc.), e. g. Vism 351, 363, 495, 528; VbhA 46,
76. 83, 131, 261 (where Vism 351 has paripacana for
u^ihatta) ;
SnA 343. — Cp. upa", vi°, sa°.