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Lekhana 44 Loka
Iillchaaa (nt.) [fr. likh] scratching, drawing, writing Dhtp
467.
Lekha (f .) [fr. likh ; Vedic lekha. See also rekha & lekha]
I. streak, line VvA 277 ( = raji) ; canda° crescent moon
[cp. Epic candralekha Mbh 3, 1831] Visra 168; DhsA
151- — 2. a scratch, line A 1.283; P"K 3^ ; J vi.56
(lekhar) kaddhati). — 3. writing, inscription, letter Vin
III. 76 (°r) chindati destroy the letter); J 1.451 (on a
phalaka) ;
349 ("acariya teacher of writing) ; PvA
Miln
20 ("panna. letter so read for likha"). — 4.
the art of
writing or drawing [ = lipi Hemacandra], writing as an
art. It is classed as a respectable (ukkattha) profession
(sippa) Vin IV.7 ;
and mentioned bj' the side of tnudda
and ganana Vin iv.y, 128 = 1.77 ; cp. Vin iv.305.
Lekhita [pp. of lekheti] drawn (of lines), pencilled Th 2,
256.
Lekheti [Cans, of likhati or Denom. of lekha] to (make a)
scratch J iv. 402. — pp. lekhita.
Le44u [dial. Sk. lestu>*Ietthu >*lettu>leddu ; also Prk.
ledu & letthu : Pischel, § 304 ; cp. Geiger,' P.Gr. § 62] a
clod of earth S v. 146= J 11.59 (°tthana); J 1.19, 175;
III. 16; VI. 405 ; Miln 255; SnA 222 (akase khitta, in
simile); Vism 28 (trsl" "stone"), 360 ("khand'adini),
366 (containing gold), 419; VbhA 66 ("khanda) ;
141 ; PvA
284. — The throwing of clods (stones ?) is a
standing item in the infliction of punishments, where it
is grouped with danda (stick) and sattha (sword), or as
VvA
leddu-dand'adi, e. g. at M 1.123; D 11.336, 338 (v. 1.
lendu); J 11.77; 11116; VI. 350 ; Vism
(v. 1. lendu) ; iir.41 ; iv.77 ; VvA
419; DhA 1.399
141. — Note. leddOpaka
in cunnar) va telar) va leddupakena etc. at DhsA 115
read as valandupakena, as at Vism 142.
-pata " throw of a clod," a certain measure of (not
too far) a distance Vin iv.40 ; Vism 72; DhsA 315
(trsl" " a stone's throw ").
Le44alca= led(Ju ;
Vism 28.
Leva (& lena) (nt.) [*Sk. layana, fr. U in meaning "to
hide," cp. Prk. lena] i. a cave (in a rock), a mountain
cave, used by ascetics (or bhikkhus) as a hermitage or
place of shelter, a rock cell. Often enum'^ with kuji &
guha, e. g. Vin iv.48 ; Miln 151; Vbh 251 (n.). At
Vin n.146 it is given as collective name for 5 kinds of
hermitages, viz. vihara, addhayoga, pasada, hammiya,
guha. The expl° of lena at VbhA 366 runs as follows :
" pabbatag khaijitva va pabbharassa appahonaka-
tthane kuddai) utthapetva va katasenasanai)," i. e.
opportunity for sitting & lying made by digging (a cave)
in a mountain or by erecting a wall where the cave
is insufficient (so as to make the rest of it habitable).
Cp. Vin 1.206=111.248 (pabbharai) sodhapeti leijar)
kattukamo) Mhvs 16, 12; 28, 31 sq. (n) ; Miln 200
(maha"). — 2. refuge, shelter, (fig.) salvation (sometimes
in sense of nibbana). In this meaning often
comb* with tana & sarana, e. g. at D 1.95; S iv.315
(mar)-lena refuge with me ; + magtana) ; iv.372 (= nibbana)
; A 1. 155 sq. (n); J 11.253; DA 1.232. Cp. Vin
111.155. len'atthar) for refuge Vin n.164 (n); J 1.94.
—-alena without a refuge Ps 1.127; 11.238; Pv 11. 2'
( = asarana PvA 80).
-gavesin seeking shelter or refuge J 11.407 = iv. 346.
-guha a mountain cave J 111.511. -dvara the door of
the (rock) hermitage Vism 38 ; DhA
111.39. -pabbhara
" cave-slope," cave in a mountain DhA iv.170.
Lepa [fr. lip, see limpati ; cp. Classic Sk. lepa stain, dirt]
I. smearing, plastering, coating over Vin iv.303
(bahira"); J 11.25 (mattika"). — 2. (fig.) plaster, i. e.
that which sticks, affection, attachment, etc., in tanha°
the stain ot craving, & ditthi° of speculation Nd' 55 ;
Nd^ 271"". — ,Vo(e. lasaga'ta at A 11. 165 read with
V. 1. as lepa-gata, i. e. sticky. — Cp. a°, pa°
Lepana (nt.) [fr. Up] smearing, plastering, anointing Vin
II. 172 (ku(Jda°); A iv.107 (vasana°), iii (id.); J 11. 117.
Cp. abhi°, a°, pa°.
Lepeti see limpati.
Leyya (adj. nt.) [grd. of lih: see lihati] to be licked or
sipped ; nt. mucilaginous food (opp. peyya liquid) A
IV. 394 (-h peyya); Miln 2 (id.).
Lesa [cp. Sk. le^a particle ;
as Kern, Toev. s. v. points out,
it occurs in Sk. also in the P. meaning at Mbh v. 33, 5
although this is not given in BR. —-As "particle"
in def" of lisati] sham, pretext, trick
only at Dhtp 444
Vin in. 169 (where ten lesas are enum"", viz. jati°, nama°,
gotta", linga", apatti°, patta°, clvara", upajjhaya°,
acariya", senasana") ; J ii.ii; vi.402. —lesa-kappa
pretext Vin 11. 166 ; Vv 84" (=kappiya-lesa VvA 348)
Th I, 941 ; DA 1. 103.
Lehati see lihati-
Loka [cp. Vedic loka in its oldest meaning " space, open
space." For etym. see rocati. To the etym. feeling
of the Pali hearer loka is closely related in quality to
ruppati (as in pop. etym. of riipa) and rujati. As
regards the latter the etym. runs " lujjati kho loko ti
vuccati " S IV. 52, cp. Nd" 550, and loka = lujjana DhsA
47, 308: see lujjana. The Dhtp 531 gives root lok
(loc) in sense of dassana] world, primarily " visible
world," then in general as " space or sphere of creation,"
with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified)
in the comprehensive sense of " universe." Sometimes
the term is applied collectively to the creatures inhabiting
this or var. other worlds, thus, " man, mankind,
people, beings." — Loka is not a fixed & def.
term. It comprises immateriality as well as materiality
and emphasizes either one or the other meaning according
to the view applied to the object or category in question.
Thus a trsl" of " sphere, plane, division, order " interchanges
with " world." Whenever the spatial element
prevails we speak of its " regional " meaning as contrasted
with "applied" meaning. The fundamental
notion however is that of substantiality, to which is
closely related the specific Buddhist notion of impermanence(loka
= lujjati). — i. Universe: the distinctions
between the universe (cp. cakkavala) as a larger whole
and the world as a smaller unit are fluctuating & not
definite. A somewhat wider sphere is perhaps indicated
bysabba-loka (e. g. S 1.12 ; iv.127, 312 ; v.132 ; It 122 ;
Mhvs I, 44; cp. sabbavanta loka D 1.251 ; 111.224),
otherwise even the smaller loka comprises var. realms
of creation. Another larger division is that of loka
as sadevaka, samaraka, sabrahmaka, or the world with
its devas, its Mara and its Brahma, e. g. S 1.160, 168,
207; II. 170; III. 28, 59; IV.158; V.204 ; A 1.259 sq.
11.24 sq. ; III. 341 ; iv.56, 173 ; v. 50 ; It 121 ; Nd' 447 (on
Sn 956), to which is usually added sassamana-brahmani
paja (e. g. D 1.250, see loci s. v. paja). With this
cp. Dh 45, where the divisions are pafhavi, Yamaloka,
sadevaka (loka), which are expl"" at DhA 1.334 by
pathavi = attabhava ; Yamaloka = catubbidha apaya-
loka ; sadevaka =manussaloka devalokena saddhig.
— The universe has its evolutional periods : sagvattati
and vivattati D 11. 109 sq. The Buddha has mastered
it by his enlightenment : loko Tathagatena abhisambuddho
It 121. On loka, lokadhatu ( = cosmos) and
cakkavala cp. Kirfel, Kosmographie p. 180, 181.
2. Regional meaning. — (a) in general. Referring to
this world, the character of evanescence is inherent in
it ; referring to the universe in a wider sense, it implies
infinity, though not in definite terms. There is mention
of the different metaphysical theories as regards cosmogony
at many places of the Canon. The antanantika
(contending for the finitude or otherwise of
the world) are mentioned as a sect at D 1.22 sq. Discus-