Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

laṣ लष् – desire; wish

verbal root · Word type unspecified · verb

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary verbal root

desire; wish

Cappeller 1891 verb

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laṣ laṣati (laṣa°te & laṣyati) ·v pp. laṣita desire, long for, strive after (acc.). -- abhi, samabhi, ā & pari = S.

Monier-Williams 1872 verb

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laṣ laṣ, cl. 1. 4. P. A. laṣati, -te, laṣyati, -te, lalāṣa, leṣe, laṣiṣ- yati, -te, alāṣīt or alaṣīt, alaṣiṣṭa, laṣi- tum, to wish, desire, long for, be eager for (with acc.); cl. 10. P. lāṣayati, to exercise an art, do anything scientifically, (in this sense a various reading for rt. laś above): Pass. laṣyate, Aor. alāṣi: Caus. lāṣayati, -te, -yitum, Aor. alīlaṣat: Desid. lilaṣiṣati: Intens. lālaṣyate, lālaṣṭi, to long for eagerly; [cf. Gr. λά-ω, (Dor. λῶ, λῇς, λῇ, 3rd pl. λῶντι), λῆ-μα, λῆ-σι-ς, λι-λα-ί-ο-μαι, λε-λίη-μαι, λία-ν, λαρός, λωΐων, λήλαντος, probably λα-μία, λάμος, λάρυγξ, λαιμός, λαίτμα; Lat. las-c- ivu-s; Goth. lus-tu-s, lus-to-n; Angl. Sax. lust, lyst, lystan; Slav. las-k-a-ti, ‘to flatter;’ Bohem. las-ka, ‘love.’]

Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified

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1. √laṣ , láṣati, ˚te und láṣyati, ˚te DHĀTUP. 21,23 (kāntau). P. 3,1,70. VOP. 8,67. VOP. 8,128. NIR. 4,10 (prepsāyām). begehren, Verlangen haben nach (acc.): gāścārayantāvavidūra odanaṃ rāmācyutau vo laṣato bubhukṣitau BHĀG. P. 10,23,7. — apa s. apalāṣikā fgg. — abhi nach Etwas oder Jmd begehren, Verlangen haben nach, mit acc.: abhilaṣet u. s. w. MBH. 1,6580. HARIV. 2465. SUŚR. 1,375,10. VIKR. 13,20. VIKR. 13,107. KATHĀS. 106,102. BHĀG. P. 4,28,9. MĀRK. P. 61,73. MĀRK. P. 66,17. SĀH. D. 28,8. Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7,6, Śl. 16. PAÑCAT. 91,17. PAÑCAT. 190,3. HIT. 69,5. VET. in LA. (III) 2,22. VET. in LA. (III) ad 19,10. med. (aus metrischen Rücksichten) abhilaṣante MBH. 13,4390. MĀRK. P. 63,57. abhilaṣyantī BHAṬṬ. 4,22. abhilalāṣa KATHĀS. 12,107. abhileṣuḥ RAGH. 19,12. abhilaṣiṣyasi HARIV. 7012. mit infin.: sevituṃ sākṣāttadevābhilalāṣa sā KATHĀS. 22,11. abhilaṣita (hier und da fälschlich abhilasita geschrieben) begehrt, gewünscht; n. das Begehrte, Gewünschte, Wunsch MBH. 3,16703. MBH. 9,2810. HARIV. 6595. R. 1,20,18 (R. 1,21,17 GORR.). Spr. 634. Spr. 1726. Spr. 5089. Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7,9, Śl. 33. MĀRK. P. 100,14. PAÑCAT. 38,17. PAÑCAT. 41,1. HIT. 44,8. HIT. 84,18. HIT. 133,9. DHŪRTAS. in LA. 78,17. ciramabhilaṣitavilāsa GĪT. 11,24. cirābhilaṣita MBH. 3,1851. MĀRK. P. 22,48. mano'bhilaṣita MBH. 3,15309. MĀRK. P. 61,58. VĀYU-P._bei_MUIR, ST. I, 29. HIT. 133,9, v. l. yatte 'bhilaṣitaṃ prāptuṃ phalaṃ tasmāt MBH. 1,1778. gantuṃ tavābhilaṣitāmagāmujjayinīmaham nach Ujj., wohin du zu gehen beabsichtigtest, KATHĀS. 71,263. yathābhilaṣita (s. auch bes.) MĀRK. P. 64,14. PAÑCAT. 15,24. — Vgl. abhilāṣa fgg. — samabhi begehren nach: ˚laṣant HARIV. 11267. — ā dass.: parasparaṃ cālaṣate nirandh[ā]ḥ BHĀG. P. 5,13,6. — pari dass.: na parilaṣanti kecidapavargamapi BHĀG. P. 10,87,21.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

2. laṣ , lāṣáyati (śilpayoge) DHĀTUP. 35,56 v. l. für las.

Böhtlingk 1879 verbal root

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1. √laṣ , laṣati, ˚te (meist metrisch) und laṣyati (BHAṬṬ.), *˚te — 1〉 begehren, Verlangen haben nach (Acc.). — 2〉 hinstreben zu, so v. a. sich nähern; mit Acc. UTPALA zu VARĀH. BṚH. 6,2. — Mit apa in *apalāṣikā fgg. — Mit abhi begehren —, Verlangen haben nach (Acc. oder Infin.). abhilaṣita begehrt, gewünscht (auch mit Infin.). — Mit samabhi, ā und pari begehren nach.

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2. √laṣ , lāṣayati (śilpayoge).

Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root

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laṣ — desire

Apte 1890 Word type unspecified

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laṣ I. 1 4 P. (laṣati-te, laṣyati-te) (laṣita) To wish, desire, long for, be eager for; (usually with the preposition abhi q. v.). II. 10 U. ( lāṣayati-te) = laś q. v.

Cappeller 1887 verb

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laṣ, laṣati (˚te u. laṣyati) begehren, streben nach (Acc.). abhi dass.; p. p. abhilaṣita begehrt, erwünscht, lieb.

Burnouf 1866 verbal root

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*laṣ laṣ. laṣāmi, laṣe 1 et laṣyāmi, laṣye 4; p. lalāṣa, leṣe; etc. Désirer.

Original text · French · verbal root

*laṣ laṣ. lāṣayāmi 10, cf. las.

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 1.58-1.63: Mitāhāra 1 occurrence

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