1. (mfn.) ((act.) having played, having sported.
2. (n.) play, sport, amusement

…sport celebration MN.i.229 (kīḷita-jātaṃ kīḷati). Cp. sahapaṃsu˚˚; see also keḷi & khiḍḍā.; Kivant &…

not having finished playing; taking enjoyment.

not having finished playing; taking enjoyment.

Keḷi¹

feminine

1. play, amusement, sport Pv-a.265 (= khiḍḍā); parihāsa merry play, fun Ja.i.116.
2. playing at dice, gambling in -maṇḍala “circle of the game,” draught-board; *-ṃ bh …

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

…Dhp-a.iii.100
pp kīḷita. Caus. ii. kīḷāpeti to make play, to train Ja.ii.267…

adjective engrossed in play Ja.vi.313.

Sk. *nikrīḍita, pp. of nikrīḍayati, ni + kīḷati

adjective playful, playing or dallying with (c. loc.), finding enjoyment in SN.i.9 (a˚ kāmesu), SN.iv.110 (id.).

fr. ni-kīḷati

dust, dirt, soil SN.v.459; AN.i.253; Pv.ii.3#7
■ paṃsvāgārakā playmates SN.iii.190; saha paṃsukīḷitā id. (lit. playing together with mud, making mud pies) AN.ii.186; Ja.i.364; Pv-a.30. Cp. BSk sa …

…Ja.i.154, cp. saddhiṃkīḷita Ja.ii.20.

• -cara companion Snp.45, Snp.46 (= ekato cara Cnd.633) Dhp.328. *…

…Ja.i.154, cp. saddhiṃkīḷita Ja.ii.20.

• -cara companion Snp.45, Snp.46 (= ekato cara Cnd.633) Dhp.328. *…

…with Iti.73.

• -paṃsukīḷita a companion in play a playfellow AN.ii.186: Ja.i.364; Ja.iv.77; Pv-a.30.
• -pesuṇa…

…Mhvs.3, Mhvs.11; sādhukīḷita the same Mhvs.20, Mhvs.36; ˚-divasa Vin.iii.285; sādhu-kīḷā Ja.iii.434; Ja.v.127;…

…by lions Mil.121.

• -vikkīḷita the lion’s play, the attitude of the Buddhas and Arahants Ne.2, Ne.4, Ne.7,…

sporting, amusement, pastime Ne.124 (in applied meaning).

vi + kīḷita