play, sport, enjoyment; udakakīḷaṃ kīḷantī enjoying herself on the water Pv-a.189
■ uyyāna˚ amusement in the park Dhp-a.i.220 Dhp-a.iv.3; nakkhatta-kīḷaṃ kīḷati to celebrate a festival (i.e. the full moon when standing in a certain Nakkhatta) Vv-a.109, Thag-a.137; sāla-kīḷā sport in the sāla woods Ja.v.38; kīḷādhippāyena in play, for fun Pv-a.215-Cp. kīḷikā.

• -goḷa a ball to play with Vism.254.
• -goḷaka id Vism.256 (cp. Kp-a.53); Thag-a.255;
• -pasuta bent on play Ja.i.58;
• -bhaṇḍaka (nt.) toy Mil.229 (= kīḷāpanaka MN.i.266);
• -maṇḍala play-circle, children’s games, playground Ja.vi.332; Dhp-a.iii.146;
• -sālā playhouse Ja.vi.332.

fr. krīḍ, cp. Sk. krīḍā