लीला [ली-क्विप् लियं लाति ला-क वा Tv.]
1 Play, sport, pastime, diversion, pleasure, amusement; क्लमं य- यौ कंदुकलीलयापि या Ku. 5. 19; oft. used as the first member of comp.; लीलाकमलं, लीलाशुकः &c.
2 Amorous pastime, wanton, amorous or playful sport; उत्सृष्टलीलागतिः R. 7. 7; 4. 22; 5. 70; क्षुभ्यांति प्रसभमहो विनापि हेतोर्लीलाभिः किमु सति कारणे रम- ण्यः Śi. 8. 24; Me. 35; (लीला in this sense is thus explained by उज्ज्वलमणिः-अप्राप्तवल्लभसमागमनायिकायाः सख्याः पुरोऽत्र निजचित्तविनोदबुद्ध्या । आ- लापवेशगतिहास्यविलोकनाद्यैः प्राणेश्वरानुकृति- माकलयंति लीलाम् ॥).
3 Ease, facility, mere sport, child's play; ली- लया जघान ‘killed with ease’.
4 Appearance, semblance, air, mien; यः संयति प्राप्तपिनाकिलीलः R. 6. 72 ‘appearing like Pinākin’.
5 Beauty, charm, grace; मुहुरवलोकितमंडंन- लीला Gīt. 6, R. 6. 1; 16. 71.
6 Pretence, disguise, dissimulation, sham; as, लीलामनुष्यः, लीलानटः &c.
−Comp.
−अ (आ) गारः −रं, −गृहं, −वेश्मन् n. a pleasure-house; R. 8. 95.
−अंग a. having graceful limbs.
−अंचित a. sportively handsome. −अब्जं, अंबु- जं, −अरविंदं, −कमलं, −तारमसं, −पद्मं &c. ‘toy-lotus’, a lotus-flower held in the hand as a plaything; R. 6. 13; Me. 65, Ku. 6. 84.
−अवतारः the descent (of Viṣṇu) on the earth for amusement.
−उद्यानं 1. a pleasure-garden. −2. the garden of gods, Indra's paradise.
−कलहः ‘sportive quarrel’, a sham or feigned quarrel; cf. प्रणयकलह्.
−चतुर a. sportively charming; Ku. 1. 47.
−नटनं a sportive dance.
−मनुष्यः a sham man, a man in disguise.
−मात्रं mere sport or play, child's play, absence of the least effort.
−रतिः f. diversion, sport.
−वज्रं an instrument like Indra's thunderbolt.
−वापी a pleasure-tank.
−शुकः a parrot kept for pleasure.
−साध्य a. to be effected with ease, easy of accomplishment.