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Lila means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Līlā (लीला):—f.

1) Spiel, Scherz, Belustigung; = krīḍā, vilāsa [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 26, 201.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 555.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 508.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 46.] krīḍanti līlām [Harivaṃśa 4339.] vidhāna [15787.] līlā vidadhataḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 1, 18.] līlāḥ kar [Harivaṃśa 2463.] sahajāṃ līlāṃ dhārayan [2985.] līlāḍhyo nāradaḥ [Mahābhārata 13,252.] [Bharata] [NĀṬYAŚ. 34,82.] [Spr. 685. 3318. fg.] [Raghuvaṃśa 16,71.] [Śiśupālavadha.8,24.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10,11,32.] [Oxforder Handschriften 127,a, No. 223.] strībhirlīlaiva procyate līlā [PRASAṄGĀBH. 14],b. śiśulīlāṃ tataḥ kurvan [Harivaṃśa 3407. 3650.] bāla [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 2, 2.] bālalīlādhara [Suśruta 2, 394, 11.] bibhratīṃ cāmbikālīlām (jāhnavīm) [Kathāsaritsāgara 93, 78.] kṛṣṇa [Spr. 4897.] vṛddho pi vāraṇapatirna jahāti līlām [4056.] kanduka Ballspiel [Kumārasaṃbhava 5, 19.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 9, 19. 8, 12, 18. 22.] hindola [Spr. 3053.] dyūta [Kathāsaritsāgara 62, 164.] pānādi [18, 27. 17, 1. 38, 33. 56, 210. 75, 115. 108, 123.] mṛgayā (so zu verbinden) [42, 6.] saṃbhoga [93, 46.] tanmukhābjāli [74, 240.] sadudbhavasthānanirodha [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 4, 12.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 49, 20.] līlayā niḥśaṅkitayā [Pañcatantra 161, 15.] līlayā zur Belustigung, um sich zu belustigen [Spr. 566.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 44, 40.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 55, 7.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 1, 17. 3, 7, 2. 10, 11.] ātmalīlayā dass. [1, 10, 24.] svalīlayā dass. [7, 8, 40. 10, 8, 52.] svalīlāvaśāt [SARVADARŚANAS. 54, 18.] am Anf. eines comp. līlā so v. a. līlayā zur Belustigung: vigrahagrahaṇa [129, 2. 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.2,35.4,64.] [Sāhityadarpana 136. 50,15. 54,2.] [PRATĀPAR. 55,b.] [Amarakoṣa.1,1,7,32.3,4,26,201.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 507.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha.1,89.] [Gītagovinda.6,5.] —

2) blosses Spiel, blosse Belustigung so v. a. eine ohne alle Anstrengung von der Hand gehende Handlung: nikhilavāridhipāna [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 717.] harerghṛtakroḍatanoḥ svamāyayā niśamya goruddharaṇaṃ rasātalāt | līlām [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 20, 8.] līlayā so v. a. ohne alle Anstrengung, mit der grössten Leichtigkeit [Mahābhārata 13, 855.] [Harivaṃśa 2330.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 67, 15. 3, 31, 30. 4, 9, 92.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 47, 84.] [VṚDDHA-Cāṇakya 15, 19.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 2, 30. 13, 46. 19, 9. 11.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 21, 83. 82, 49.] [Pañcatantra 48, 20. 211, 12. ed. orn. 56, 3.] [Hitopadeśa 81, 18]; vgl. līlāmātreṇa [PAÑCAR. 1, 9, 22.] aprayatnenaiva līlānyāyena [] bei [Frid 112.] Am Anf. eines comp. līlā = līlayā ohne Anstrengung: sādhya [Kathāsaritsāgara 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 [Kathāsaritsāgara 55, 39.] tasmiṃścitānale nyapatacchītalahradalīlayā als wenn es ein kühler Teich wäre [53, 160.] gajalīlayā so v. a. nach Art eines Elephanten, wie ein Elephant [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 13, 32.] gajendralīla einen Elephanten darstellend, einem El. gleichend [26. 9, 10, 6.] Auch in comp. mit dem, was den Schein bewirkt: śailaprākāralīlayā [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 31.] lāvaṇyalīlājala (saras) [Spr. 1970.] gotralīlātapatra [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 2, 33.] —

4) beabsichtigter Schein, Verstellung: naṭana ein Tanzen, durch welches man Jmd zu täuschen beabsichtigt, [Spr. 2396.] mandaṃ prasthitam erkünstelt langsam [2081.] avajñayā na dātavyaṃ kasyacillīlayāpi vā so v. a. im Spotte. zum blossen Scheine [4436, v. l.] —

5) Anmuth, Liebreiz [Kumārasaṃbhava.1, 34.] [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 1.] līlāvadhūtaiścāmaraiḥ [Meghadūta 36.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 56, 250.] [CAURĀP. 34.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 40, 4.] khela [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 22.] vilasitaiḥ [Spr. 771.] smita [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 70.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 302.] hasita [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 2, 12.] gati [Raghuvaṃśa 7, 7] [?(= Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 58).] līlāvalokana [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 20, 30. 8, 8, 7.] valayaraṇita [Spr. 23.] —

6) ein best. Metrum: 4 Mal ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ [Colebrooke II, 162 (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 (लीला):—

3) vidhivatsatkṛtya na tu līlayā so v. a. nicht zum blossen Schein [Rāmāyaṇa ed. Bomb. 1, 13, 14.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Līlā (लीला):—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 ([Jayadeva's Prasannarāghava 143,9.] [Bālarāmāyaṇa 196,20.] [Kād. (1872) 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) Nomen proprium einer Yogini [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 2,a.94,8.10.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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