P. (rarely A1.) kalayati- (te-), to impel, incite, urge on etc. ; to bear, carry etc. ; to betake one's self to ; to do, make, accomplish ; to utter a sound, murmur etc. ; (sometimes in connection with nouns merely expressing the verbal conception exempli gratia, 'for example'mūrchāṃ-kal-,to swoon ; culukaṃ jalasya-kal-,to take a draught of water ) ; to tie on, attach, affix ; to furnish with ; to observe, perceive, take notice of ; to consider, count, take for ; (See 1. kalaya-, column 3.)
cl.2 P. () lāti- (perfect tenselalau-; Aoristalāsīt-; futurelātā-, lāsyati-grammar; ind.p.lātvā-), to take, receive, obtain ; to undertake, begin ; to give [Cf. Hind,lenA.]
cl.1 P., () lasati- (only parasmE-padalasat-, lasamāna-,and perfect tenselalāsa-; grammar also Aoristalasīt-; future, lasitā-, lasiṣyati-), to shine, flash, glitter etc. ; to appear, come to light, arise ; to sound, resound (confer, compareras-) ; to play, sport, frolic ; to embrace : Causal , or cl.10. (), lāsayati- (Aoristalīlasat-; Passive voicelāsyate-), to dance ; to cause to teach to dance ; to exercise an art (confer, comparelaś-) [ confer, compareLatin lascivus,lascivire.]
n. dancing, a dance (especially accompanied with instrumental music and singing), a dance representing the emotions of love dramatically (this was at one time a principal part of the drama, and as such according to to bharata- and the daśa-rūpa- consisted of 10 divisions or aṅga-s, viz. geya-pada-, sthita-pāṭhya-, āsīna-, puṣpa-gaṇḍikā-, pracchedaka-, tri-gūḍha-or tri-mūḍhaka-, saindhava-, dvigūḍhaka-or vimūḍhaka-, uttam/ottamaka-,and ukta-pratyukta-;including also a style of dramatic composition in which there is abrupt transition from Sanskrit to Prakrit and from Prakrit to Sanskrit;the term lāsya-is also applied to the Nach [Nautch] dance of the Indian dancing girls, consisting chiefly of gesticulation with a shuffling movement of the feet forwards and backwards, as invented by pārvati- and opposed to the boisterous masculine dance called tāṇḍava- practised by śiva- and his followers; see) etc.
(seerī-) cl.9 P. () lināti-, to adhere, obtain (not usually found) ; cl.1 P.layati- (), to melt, liquefy, dissolve (not usually found) ; cl.4 A1. () l/īyate- (Vedic or Veda also lāyate-; perfect tenselilye-, lilyuḥ- etc.; lilāya-, lalau-grammar; Aoristaleṣṭa-; alaiṣīt-, alāsīt-, alāsta-grammar; futureletā-, lātā-; leṣyati-or lāsyati-, te-; infinitive mood letumorla1tum ; ind.p.-lāyam-; līya- etc.) , to cling or press closely, stick or adhere to (locative case) etc. ; to remain sticking ; to lie, recline, alight or settle on, hide or cower down in (locative case), disappear, vanish etc.: CausalP.lāpayati- or lāyayati-, to cause to cling etc. etc. ; A1.lāpayate-, to deceive ; to obtain honour ; to humble : Desiderativelilīṣati-, te-grammar : Intensivelelīyate-, lelayīti-, leleti- (seelelāya-).
cl.1 P. () mlāyati- (Epic also te-and mlāti-; perfect tensemamlau-; mamle-; Aoristamlāsīt-,2. sg.mlāsīḥ-; precedingmlāyāt-,or mleyāt-; futuremlātā-, mlāsyati-grammar; Conditionalamlāsyatām-, syetām-; infinitive moodmlātum-grammar), to fade, wither, decay, vanish etc. ; to be languid or exhausted or dejected, have a worn appearance : Causalmlāp/ayati-, to cause to wither or fade, enfeeble, make languid ; mlapayati-, to crush
mfn. a swing, a sort of hammock or swinging-cot (m.dual number the two posts between which a swing moves ; idem or 'mfn. trembling, rocking, swaying, pitching ' [with nakulasya vāma-devasya-]and sg. [with marutām-]Name ofsāman-s ; preṅkhaphalakakha-phalaka-n.the board or seat in a swing ; preṅkheṅkhanakheṅkhana-n.swinging )
n. the leading or principal or essential part, main point, characteristic feature, model, type, system, framework etc. (exempli gratia, 'for example'kulasya t-,"the principal action in keeping up a family id est propagation "; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'"depending on"seeātma--, sva--, para--,etc.)
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