…for sport Vv-a.43 (līḷ˚).

cp. Epic Sk. līlā or *līḍā

adjective stable, constant, permanent; fixed, regular certain, sure DN.i.18; SN.i.142; SN.iv.370; AN.ii.33; Ja.i.19 Ja.v.121 (˚sassataṃ maraṇaṃ); Ja.iii.325; Bv.ii.82; Mil.114 (na tā nadiyo dh-salilā …

“being made up.”

1. Work. The beginning of things was the work of Brahmā. The use of kutta implies that the work was so easy as to be nearer play than work, and to have been carried out in a mood of …

…by Childers, applies to līlā (q.v.) which may stand for līḷhā at the passages mentioned although…

river; often characterised as mahā˚ in opp to kun˚ rivulet; pl. nadiyo also collect. “the waters
■ DN.i.244 (Aciravatī nadī); SN.ii.32, SN.ii.118, SN.ii.135; SN.v.390; AN.i.33, AN.i.136, AN.i.243 (m …

Nava¹

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

adjective (lit.) extinguished (of fire), cooled, quenched (fig. desireless (often with nicchāta & sītibhūta), appeased pleased, happy

1. (lit.) aggi anāhāro n. MN.i.487; Snp.19 (ginī n. = magga-sali …

Nillāḷeti & Nilloḷeti

to move (the tongue) up & down SN.i.118; MN.i.109; DN-a.i.42 (pp. nillāḷita-jivhā); Dhp-a.iv.197 (jivhaṃ nilloleti; variant reading nillāleti & lilāḷeti) = Ja.v.434 (variant …

Nillāḷeti & Nilloḷeti

to move (the tongue) up & down SN.i.118; MN.i.109; DN-a.i.42 (pp. nillāḷita-jivhā); Dhp-a.iv.197 (jivhaṃ nilloleti; variant reading nillāleti & lilāḷeti) = Ja.v.434 (variant …

water Snp.62, Snp.319, Snp.672; Ja.i.8; Ja.v.169; Vv-a.41; Pv-a.157; Cnd.665 (“vuccati udakaṃ”); Mil.132 (written saliḷa); Sdhp.168. It is also adj. salilaṃ āpo flowing water Ja.vi.534; cp. Mil.114: …

1. flat surface (w. ref. to either top or bottom: cp. Ger. boden), level, ground, base Ja.i.60 Ja.i.62 (pāsāda˚ flat roof); Ja.iii.60 (id.); paṭhavī˚ (level ground) Ja.ii.111, cp. bhūmi˚ Pv-a.176; ād …

…Ja.v.436. vilāsa is often coupled with līlā (q.v.).

fr. vilasati

rain SN.i.172 = Snp.77 (fig. = saddhā bījaṃ tapo vuṭṭhi); AN.iii.370, AN.iii.378 (vāta˚); Iti.83; Dhp.14; Ja.vi.587 (˚dhārā) Tha-ap.38 (fig.), Ja.vi.52 (amata˚); Mil.416; Vism.37, Vism.234 (salila˚); …