līlā लीला – play; ease

Original text · English · substantive feminine

līlā ·f. play, sport, amusement, pastime; wantonness, grace, beauty, charm; mere play or sport, i.e. either ease or facility in doing anything; or appearance, semblance, pretence. °-- & instr. for sport, without effort; feignedly.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

līlā līlā, f. (supposed by some to be a corruption of krīḍā; perhaps connected with rt. 1. las or with lelāya), play, sport, diversion, amuse- ment, pastime; wanton sport, amorous pastime (shown in the imitation of a lover's gait, manner, &c.), wantonness; mere sport or play, mere amuse- ment, joking, frivolity, child's play, ease or facility in doing anything, (līlayā, out of sport, sportively, for amusement, as a mere joke, with the greatest ease, without effort); sportive appearance, semblance, dissembling, dissimulation, pretence, disguise, sham; air, mien, manner; grace, beauty, charm, loveliness; a species of metre, four times ¯˘˘¯˘˘¯˘˘¯˘˘ ¯˘˘¯.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

līlā f. 1〉 Spiel, Scherz, Belustigung; = krīḍā, vilāsa AK. 3,4,26,201. H. 555. H. an. 2,508. MED. l. 46. krīḍanti līlām HARIV. 4339. ˚vidhāna HARIV. 15787. līlā vidadhataḥ BHĀG. P. 1,1,18. līlāḥ kar HARIV. 2463. sahajāṃ līlāṃ dhārayan HARIV. 2985. līlāḍhyo nāradaḥ MBH. 13,252. BHAR. NĀṬYAŚ. 34,82. Spr. 685. Spr. 3318. fg. RAGH. 16,71. ŚIŚ. 8,24. BHĀG. P. 10,11,32. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 127,a, No. 223. strībhirlīlaiva procyate līlā PRASAṄGĀBH. 14,b. śiśulīlāṃ tataḥ kurvan HARIV. 3407. HARIV. 3650. bāla˚ BHĀG. P. 3,2,2. bālalīlādhara SUŚR. 2,394,11. bibhratīṃ cāmbikālīlām (jāhnavīm) KATHĀS. 93,78. kṛṣṇa˚ Spr. 4897. vṛddho 'pi vāraṇapatirna jahāti līlām Spr. 4056. kanduka˚ Ballspiel KUMĀRAS. 5,19. BHĀG. P. 5,9,19. BHĀG. P. 8,12,18. BHĀG. P. 8,12,22. hindola˚ Spr. 3053. dyūta˚ KATHĀS. 62,164. pānādi˚ KATHĀS. 18,27. KATHĀS. 17,1. KATHĀS. 38,33. KATHĀS. 56,210. KATHĀS. 75,115. KATHĀS. 108,123. mṛgayā˚ (so zu verbinden) KATHĀS. 42,6. saṃbhoga˚ KATHĀS. 93,46. tanmukhābjāli˚ KATHĀS. 74,240. sadudbhavasthānanirodha˚ BHĀG. P. 2,4,12. SARVADARŚANAS. 49,20. līlayā niḥśaṅkitayā PAÑCAT. 161,15. līlayā zur Belustigung, um sich zu belustigen Spr. 566. KATHĀS. 44,40. SARVADARŚANAS. 55,7. BHĀG. P. 1,1,17. BHĀG. P. 3,7,2. BHĀG. P. 3,10,11. ātmalīlayā dass. BHĀG. P. 1,10,24. svalīlayā dass. BHĀG. P. 7,8,40. BHĀG. P. 10,8,52. svalīlāvaśāt SARVADARŚANAS. 54,18. am Anf. eines comp. līlā so v. a. līlayā zur Belustigung: ˚vigrahagrahaṇa SARVADARŚANAS. 129,2. SARVADARŚANAS. 129,13. jalada˚ das Spiel der Wolken Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7,44. pallava˚ Spr. 680. Insbes. die in der Nachahmung des Geliebten bestehende Belustigung eines Mädchens: priyānukaraṇaṃ līlā madhurāṅgaviceṣṭitaiḥ DAŚAR. 2,35. DAŚAR. 4,64. SĀH. D. 136. SĀH. D. 50,15. SĀH. D. 54,2. PRATĀPAR. 55,b. AK. 1,1,7,32. AK. 3,4,26,201. H. 507. H. an. MED. HALĀY. 1,89. GĪT. 6,5. — 2〉 blosses Spiel, blosse Belustigung so v. a. eine ohne alle Anstrengung von der Hand gehende Handlung: nikhilavāridhipāna˚ RĀJA-TAR. 4,717. harerghṛtakroḍatanoḥ svamāyayā niśamya goruddharaṇaṃ rasātalāt . līlām BHĀG. P. 3,20,8. līlayā so v. a. ohne alle Anstrengung, mit der grössten Leichtigkeit MBH. 13,855. HARIV. 2330. R. 1,67,15. R. 3,31,30. R. 4,9,92. KATHĀS. 47,84. VṚDDHA-CĀṆ. 15,19. BHĀG. P. 3,2,30. BHĀG. P. 3,13,46. BHĀG. P. 3,19,9. BHĀG. P. 3,2,11. MĀRK. P. 21,83. MĀRK. P. 82,49. PAÑCAT. 48,20. PAÑCAT. ed. orn. 211,12. PAÑCAT. ed. orn. 56,3. HIT. 81,18; vgl. līlāmātreṇa PAÑCAR. 1,9,22. aprayatnenaiva līlānyāyena ŚAṂK._bei_WIND. Sancara 112. Am Anf. eines comp. līlā = līlayā ohne Anstrengung: ˚sādhya KATHĀS. 123,161. ˚dagdha Spr. 919. ˚govardhanadhara PAÑCAR. 4,3,134. — 3〉 blosses Spiel so v. a. blosses Aussehen, Schein: sa praviśya dadarśātra citrālokanalīlayā . sthitaṃ kanakavarṣaṃ taṃ nṛpaṃ citrakaro rahaḥ .. so v. a. er betrachtete den Fürsten als wenn er ein Bild ansähe KATHĀS. 55,39. tasmiṃścitānale — nyapatacchītalahradalīlayā als wenn es ein kühler Teich wäre KATHĀS. 53,160. gajalīlayā so v. a. nach Art eines Elephanten, wie ein Elephant BHĀG. P. 3,13,32. gajendralīla einen Elephanten darstellend, einem El. gleichend BHĀG. P. 26. BHĀG. P. 9,10,6. Auch in comp. mit dem, was den Schein bewirkt: śailaprākāralīlayā RĀJA-TAR. 1,31. lāvaṇyalīlājala (saras) Spr. 1970. gotralīlātapatra BHĀG. P. 3,2,33. — 4〉 beabsichtigter Schein, Verstellung: ˚naṭana ein Tanzen, durch welches man Jmd zu täuschen beabsichtigt, Spr. 2396. ˚mandaṃ prasthitam erkünstelt langsam Spr. 2081. avajñayā na dātavyaṃ kasyacillīlayāpi vā so v. a. im Spotte, zum blossen Scheine Spr. 4436, v. l. — 5〉 Anmuth, Liebreiz KUMĀRAS. 1,34. RAGH. 6,1. līlāvadhūtaiścāmaraiḥ MEGH. 36. KATHĀS. 56,250. CAURAP. 34. PRAB. 40,4. ˚khela RAGH. 4,22. ˚vilasitaiḥ Spr. 771. ˚smita RAGH. 5,70. RĀJA-TAR. 4,302. ˚hasita BHĀG. P. 2,2,12. ˚gati RAGH. 7,7 (= KUMĀRAS. 7,58). līlāvalokana BHĀG. P. 3,20,30. BHĀG. P. 8,8,7. ˚valayaraṇita Spr. 23. — 6〉 ein best. Metrum: 4 Mal – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 162 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. XI, 6). — Das Wort wird gewöhnlich als eine Corruption von krīḍā betrachtet, könnte aber vielleicht mit 3. lī in Verbindung stehen. — Vgl. anta˚, ava˚, ādi˚, turagalīlaka, bhāgavatalīlārahasya, madhya˚, mahālīlasarasvatī, rājalīlānāman, salīla.

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līlā 3〉 vidhivatsatkṛtya na tu līlayā so v. a. nicht zum blossen Schein R. ed. Bomb. 1,13,14.

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līlā f. — 1〉 Spiel, Scherz, Belustigung. Instr. und līlā˚ zur Belustigung, um sich zu belustigen. ātma˚ und sva˚ dass. — 2〉 die in der Nachahmung des Geliebten bestehende Belustigung eines Mädchens. — 3〉 blosses Spiel, blosse Belustigung, so v. a. eine ohne alle Anstrengung von der Hand gehende Handlung. Instr. und līlā˚ ohne alle Anstrengung, mit der grössten Leichtigkeit. līlāmātreṇa und līlānyāyena dass. — 4〉 blosses Spiel, so v. a. blosses Aussehen, Schein. na tu līlayā nicht aber zum blossen Schein. In Comp. mit dem, was blosser Schein (PRASANNAR. 143,9. BĀLAR. 196,20. KĀD. 183,18) ist, und mit dem, was den Schein bewirkt. gajendralīla Adj. einen Elephanten darstellend, einem E. gleichend. — 5〉 beabsichtigter Schein, Verstellung. Instr. und līlā˚ zum blossen Schein, verstellter Weise. — 6〉 Anmuth, Liebreiz. — 7〉 ein best. Metrum. — 8〉 N. pr. einer Yoginī HEMĀDRI 2,a,94,8. 10.

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līlā [lī-kvip liyaṃ lāti lā-ka vā Tv.] 1 Play, sport, pastime, diversion, pleasure, amusement; klamaṃ yayau kaṃdukalīlayāpi yā Ku. 5. 19; oft. used as the first member of comp.; līlākamalaṃ, līlāśukaḥ &c. 2 Amorous pastime, wanton, amorous or playful sport; utsṛṣṭalīlāgatiḥ R. 7. 7; R. 4. 22; R. 5. 70; kṣubhyāṃti prasabhamaho vināpi hetorlīlābhiḥ kimu sati kāraṇe ramaṇyaḥ Śi. 8. 24; Me. 35; (līlā in this sense is thus explained by ujjvalamaṇiḥ-aprāptavallabhasamāgamanāyikāyāḥ sakhyāḥ puro'tra nijacittavinodabuddhyā . ālāpaveśagatihāsyavilokanādyaiḥ prāṇeśvarānukṛtimākalayaṃti līlām ..). 3 Ease, facility, mere sport, child's play; līlayā jaghāna ‘killed with ease’. 4 Appearance, semblance, air, mien; yaḥ saṃyati prāptapinākilīlaḥ R. 6. 72 ‘appearing like Pinākin’. 5 Beauty, charm, grace; muhuravalokitamaṃḍaṃnalīlā Gīt. 6, R. 6. 1; R. 16. 71. 6 Pretence, disguise, dissimulation, sham; as, līlāmanuṣyaḥ, līlānaṭaḥ &c. Comp. — a (ā) gāraḥ -raṃ, -gṛhaṃ, -veśman n. a pleasure-house; R. 8. 95. — aṃga a. having graceful limbs. — aṃcita a. sportively handsome. — abjaṃ, aṃbujaṃ, -araviṃdaṃ, -kamalaṃ, -tāramasaṃ, -padmaṃ &c. ‘toy-lotus’, a lotus-flower held in the hand as a plaything; R. 6. 13; Me. 65, Ku. 6. 84. — avatāraḥ the descent (of Viṣṇu) on the earth for amusement. — udyānaṃ 1 a pleasure-garden. 2 the garden of gods, Indra's paradise. — kalahaḥ ‘sportive quarrel’, a sham or feigned quarrel; cf. praṇayakalah. — catura a. sportively charming; Ku. 1. 47. — naṭanaṃ a sportive dance. — manuṣyaḥ a sham man, a man in disguise. — mātraṃ mere sport or play, child's play, absence of the least effort. — ratiḥ f. diversion, sport. — vajraṃ an instrument like Indra's thunderbolt. — vāpī a pleasure-tank. — śukaḥ a parrot kept for pleasure. — sādhya a. to be effected with ease, easy of accomplishment.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

līlā f. Spiel, Scherz, Schein, Verstellung, Anmut, Reiz. ˚— u. Instr. im Spiel, zum Scherz, zum Schein.

Original text · French · substantive feminine

līlā līlā f. amusement, jeu, passetemps; volupté; jeu d'une femme amoureuse qui trompe le temps en simulant les manières et le langage de son amant absent. Qqf. moquerie. Gr. λιλαίομαι. lilodyāna n. (udyāna) bosquet, jardin.