līlā

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[apte] [lī-kvip liyaṃ lāti lā-ka vā Tv.] 1 Play, sport, pastime, diver- sion, pleasure, amusement; klamaṃ ya- yau kaṃdukalīlayāpi yā Ku. 5. 19; oft. used as the first member of comp.; līlākamalaṃ, līlāśukaḥ &c. --2 Amo- rous pastime, wanton, amorous or playful sport; utsṛṣṭalīlāgatiḥ R. 7. 7; 4. 22; 5. 70; kṣubhyāṃti prasabhamaho vināpi hetorlīlābhiḥ kimu sati kāraṇe rama- ṇyaḥ Śi. 8. 24; Me. 35; (līlā in this sense is...

[mw] f. (derivation doubtful) play, sport, diversion, amusement, pastime MBh.; Ka1v. &c 903,2 182805 f. mere sport or play, child's play, ease or facility in doing anything ib. 903,2 182806 f. mere appearance, semblance, pretence, disguise, sham Ka1v.; Katha1s.; Pur. (ibc. sportively, easily, in sport, as a mere joke Page903,3; also = līlayā ind. for mere diversion, feignedly) 903,2 182807 f. grace, charm, beauty,...

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[lī-kvip liyaṃ lāti lā-ka vā Tv.] 1 Play, sport, pastime, diver- sion, pleasure, amusement; klamaṃ ya- yau kaṃdukalīlayāpi yā Ku. 5. 19; oft. used as the first member of comp.;...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

220

Texts Appeared In

45

DCS: name of Arjuna | Monier-Williams: N. of a Yoginī , HPariś.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Liṅgapurāṇa 33 15.0%
2. Daśakumāracarita 17 7.7%
3. Kūrmapurāṇa 15 6.8%
4. Viṣṇupurāṇa 15 6.8%
5. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12 5.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: līlayā

  līlayā miṣataḥ śatroḥ prāharad vātaraṃhasam

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: līlayā

  jagrāha līlayā prāptāṃ garutmān iva pannagīm

• Haṭhayogapradīpikā surface: līlā

  yogīndrāṃśam evam abhyāsayogāc citte jātā kācid ānandalīlā