लण्ड्र लतिका

लता

लता [लत्-अच्]
1 A creeper, creeping plant; लताभावेन परिणतमस्या रूपं V. 4; लतेव संनद्धमनोज्ञपल्लवा R. 3. 7 (often used as the last member of compounds, especially with words meaning ‘arm’, ‘eyebrow’, ‘lightning’, to denote beauty, tenderness, thinness &c.; भुजलता, बाहुलता, भ्रूलता, विद्युल्लता; so खड्गº, अलकº, &c.; cf. Ku. 2. 64; Me. 47; Ś. 3. 15; R. 9. 46.
2 A branch.
3 The creeper called Priyaṅgu.
4 The Mādhavī creeper.
5 Musk-creeper.
6 A whip or the lash of a whip.
7 A string of pearls.
8 A slender woman.
9 A woman in general.
10 The Dūrvā grass.
−Comp.
−अंगुलिः f. a branch serving as a finger.
−अंतं a flower.
−अंबुजं a kind of cucumber.
−अर्कः a green onion.
−अलकः an elephant.
−आननः a particular position of the hands in dancing. −उ द्गमः the upward winding or climbing of a creeper.
−करः a particular position of the hands in dancing. −क- स्तूरिका, कस्तूरी musk-creeper. −गृहः- हं a bower surrounded with creepers, an arbour; Ku. 3. 41. −जिह्वः,
−रसनः a snake.
−तरुः 1. the Sāla tree. −2. the Tāla tree. −3. the orange tree.
−पनसः the water-molon.
−पर्णः N. of Viṣṇu.
−प्रतानः the tendril of a creeper; R. 2. 8.
−भवनं an arbour, a bower.
−मणिः coral. −मंड- पः a bower, an arbour.
−मृगः a monkey.
−यष्टिः f. Bengal madder.
−यावकं a shoot, sprout. −वलयः, −यं an arbour.
−वृक्षः the cocoa-nut tree.
−वेष्टः a kind of coitus or mode of sexual enjoyment. −वेष्टनं, −वेष्टितकं a kind of embrace.

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