Lalita, Lalitā, Lālita: 38 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchLalita (ललित):—(von lal)
1) adj. a) naiv, arglos, einfältig: audāsīnya [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 33, 39.] dhīralalita (u. d. W. ungenau wiedergegeben) klug, aber dabei von einer liebenswürdigen Einfalt [Bharata] [NĀṬYAŚ. 34, 4. 5.] [DAŚAR. 2, 2. 3.] [SĀH. 65. 68. 539.] lalita [36, 2.] [DAŚAR. 2, 40.] — b) anmuthig, lieblich, schön, hübsch; = lalita (sic) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 290.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 147.] von Frauen und Männern [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 64, 8. 7, 37, 1, 27.] [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 37. 8, 66. 19, 39.] [Meghadūta 33. 65.] [Spr. 3401.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 449.] apsaras [Śākuntala 41, v. l.] mātarlalite wird die Sarasvatī angeredet [Oxforder Handschriften 110,a, No. 173,] [Śloka 3.] kāmin [Mālavikāgnimitra 52.] vapus [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 75.] lalitāṅgulitarjanaiḥ [6, 45.] mṛṇālanālalalitabhujā [Kathāsaritsāgara 4, 6.] lalitākṛti [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 17. 266.] kuṇḍala [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 13, 66.] vivāhakautuka [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 1.] kusuma [9, 70.] [Sāhityadarpana 66, 14.] [Gītagovinda 1, 27.] dhāman [5, 5.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 10, 50. 7, 35.] praharaṇamanaṅgasya [Mṛcchakaṭikā 82, 20.] khañjana [Dhūrtasamāgama 91, 14.] lalitāṅgahāra [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 91.] gati [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 9, 40. 10, 47, 52.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 61, 38.] alikulakokilalalite surabhisamaye [Sāhityadarpana 21, 1.] Gesang [Mṛcchakaṭikā 44, 15.] rasakathā [Spr. 4897.] lalitārthabandha [Vikramorvaśī 32.] lalitālāpā [Śrutabodha 39.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 23, 94.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 65, 7.] smita [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 25, 5.] vāc [?3,23,50. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 87,24. Vetālapañcaviṃśati in Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 30,5. Oxforder Handschriften 38,b, No. 95, Z. 13. 193,a,14. 213,a, No. 505.] vijñāna [Mālavikāgnimitra 34.] lalitābhinaya [Bharata] [NĀṬYAŚ. 18, 55.] [Vikramorvaśī 36.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 67.] lalitalalita überaus lieblich [UTTARAR. 10, 8 (14, 6).] [PAÑCAR. 3, 13, 18.] lalitam adv. [Harivaṃśa 8389.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 44, 9.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 3, 1.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 25, 25. 44. 6, 7, 5. 10, 34, 21.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 90, 26.] [kāvyādarśa 3, 150.] kavitā nātilalitā [Oxforder Handschriften 145,a,33.] — c) erwünscht, beliebt, genehm; = īpsita [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] mṛtyorāghātalalitamāyodhanaṃ mahat [Mahābhārata 7, 6179.] paragṛha [Mṛcchakaṭikā 70, 17.] gāthā ātmano lalitāḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 80, 27.] — d) = calita [VIŚVA] und [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) m. a) Bez. einer best. Stellung der Hände beim Tanze [Oxforder Handschriften 202,a,32.] — b) N. eines best. musik. Rāga [SAM̃GĪTADĀM. im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) f. ā a) Moschus [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Bez. einer best. Göttin [Oxforder Handschriften 71,b,11.] einer Form der Durgā [39,a,32.b,7.] lalitopākhyāna [30,a,12.] kumārīlalitāsādhana [88,a,16.] Nomen proprium einer Hirtin, die mit der Durgā und mit der Rādhikā identificirt wird, [Śabdakalpadruma] nach [BHAKTIRASĀMṚTASINDHU] und [PADMA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher,] [PĀTĀLAKH.,] [RĀSALĪLĀ.] — c) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Kalikāpurāṇa 81 im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) Bez. verschiedener Metra: α) 30 + 32 Moren [Colebrooke] [?II,154,b,14.] — β) 4 Mal ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ ebend. [160, (VII, 8).] — γ) 4 Mal ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ebend. [?(VII, 20). Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 383.] — δ) 4 Mal ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ebend. [392.] — ε) 4 Mal ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ [Colebrooke II, 163 (XVII, 2).] — ζ) 2 Mal ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯, ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ebend. [165 (VI, 14).] —
4) n. a) eine natürliche, ungesuchte Handlung (wie die eines Kindes): bhīrurapi praśāstyadhi ripūṃśca vīralalitaiḥ [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 104, 41.] = carita Comm. — b) liebenswürdige Einfalt, Naivetät, Anmuth, Liebreiz (beim Weibe) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 31.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 508.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] und [Medinīkoṣa] (an beiden Orten ist. hāva st. hāra zu lesen). [Halāyudha 1, 89.] śṛṅgārākāraceṣṭātvaṃ sahajaṃ lalitaṃ mṛdu [DAŚAR. 2, 13.] vāgveṣayormadhuratā tadvacchṛṅgāraceṣṭitaṃ lalitam [Sāhityadarpana 95. 89.] sukumārāṅgavinyāso masṛṇo lalitaṃ bhavet [DAŚAR. 2, 39. 30.] [Sāhityadarpana 144.] sakalāṅgasamīcīnabhūṣaṇavinyāso lalitam [RASATAR. 6, 14] [?(nach AUFRECHT).] upadiśati kāminīnāṃ yauvanamada eva lalitāni [Spr. 3036.] [Rāmāyaṇa.1,9,16.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio.1,9,39.] [Oxforder Handschriften 256,a,16.] — c) Name zweier Metra: α) 4 Mal ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 354. fg.] — β) 4 Mal ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ ebend. [383.] — d) Nomen proprium einer Stadt (vgl. lalitapura) [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 187.] — Vgl. kumāralalitā, jyeṣṭha, durlalita, dhīra, pravara, madanalalitā, śārdūlalalita, su.
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Lālita (लालित):—s. u. dem caus. von lal; davon ka m. Günstling, Liebling [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 228] (hier vielleicht Nomen proprium). [6, 152. 166. 264.]
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Lalita (ललित):—
4) a) Scherz [Spr. (II) 2349. 4913.] — b) Anmuth, Schönheit, Pracht überh. [Spr. (II) 7360.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungLalita (ललित):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) zuckend [Bālarāmāyaṇa 55,5.] — b) naiv , arglos , einfältig. — c) anmuthig , lieblich , schön , hübsch. m Adv. — d) erwünscht , beliebt , genehm. —
2) m. — a) eine best. Stellung der Hände beim Tanze. — b) ein best. Tact. [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 212.] Vgl. lalitatāla. — c) ein best. Rāga. —
3) f. ā — a) *Moschus. — b) Name verschiedener Metra. — c) eine best. Mūrchanā [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 30.] — d) eine best. Rāgiṇi [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 37.] — e) Titel eines Commentars [Classified index] — f) Beiname der Durgā und eine Form derselben [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,395,17.] — g) Nomen proprium — α) einer Hirtin , die mit der Durgā und der Rādhikā identificirt wird. — β) der Gattin eines Śatāyudha [Hemacandra's Pariśiṣṭaparvan 3,261.] — γ) eines Flusses. —
4) n. — a) Scherz. — b) eine natürliche , ungesuchte Handlung. — c) liebenswürdige Einfalt , Naivetät , Anmuth , Liebreiz. — d) Schönheit , Pracht. — e) Name zweier Metra. — f) *eine Art Perlenschmuck. — hāra wohl fehlerhaft für hāva. — g) Nomen proprium einer Stadt.
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Partial matches: Alia, Ne, Ala, Ta.
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