(p. 922) laghulipika a stenographer. 13)

(p. 927) licu litchi or leechee, Litchi chinensis. 37)

(p. 921) l the twenty-eighth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 927) luṭērā one who loots, a plunderer, a robber. 61)

(p. 927) lāmpaṭya lasciviousness, libertinism, debauchery, profligacy, lewdness; wantonness. 18)

(p. 922) lampha1 lamp esp. a small kerosene lamp. 56)

(p. 922) lamba hanging, pendent; vertically hanging; upright; vertical, plumb; perpendicular; (geom.) orthogonal; straight; (geog.) orthographic(al). n. a perpendicular. ̃অভিক্ষেপ n. (geog.) orthographic projection, orthography; (geom.) orthogonal projection. ̃কর্ণ a. long-eared. n. a traditional name for the ass, the goat, the rabbit etc. ̃চ্ছেদ n. (geom.) a normal section. ̃ন n. the state of being hung; (phys. & astr.) parallax. লম্বন-পদ্ধতি n. (phys.) parallax method. ˜বিন্দু n. (geom.) an orthocentre. ̃বৃত্ত n. (astr.) a vertical circle. ̃মান a. hanging, suspended, pendent; dependent. ̃সূত্র n. (mech.) a plumb-line. 58)

(p. 922) lapsi gruel (of rice, dal etc). 43)

(p. 926) lāgānō to attach, to affix; to apply, to set (আগুন লাগানো); to paint or smear or wash with (রং লাগানো); to touch (গায়ে গা লাগানো); to expose to (রোদ লাগানো); to bring to, to stop at (ঘাটে নৌকা লাগানো); to employ, to engage, to set to (কাজে লোক লাগানো, পড়ায় মন লাগানো); to apply, to use (বেত লাগানো); to involve (in), to set (to) (ঝগড়া লাগানো); to require, to need, to take, to spend (সময় লাগানো); to cost (খরচ লাগানো); to invest, to lay out (ব্যবসায় টাকা লাগানো); to rouse (মনে ভয় লাগানো); to cause to be seized with (ভিরমি লাগানো); to hit, to strike (মনে লাগানো, গাছে ঢিল লাগানো); to report (against) maliciously and secretly, to earwig, to calumniate (কারও নামে লাগানো). লাগানি-ভাঙানি n. malicious and secret report against a person, earwigging. 7)

(p. 922) laghimā a yogic attainment that enables one to make one's body light or subtle at pleasure; absence of heaviness, lightness. 9)

(p. 922) lapta a stretch. এক লপ্তে at a stretch. 45)

(p. 927) lāṭima, lāṭṭu a top. লাটিম ঘুরানো to spin a top. 10)

(p. 922) lākṣika dyed with lac, lacquered. 89)

(p. 927) lukōcuri hide-and-seek; (fig.) an attempt to conceal, dodging. লুকোচুরি খেলা v. to play at hide-and-seek; (fig.) to try to conceal, to dodge. 53)

(p. 933) laukika human; popular, public; social; worldly, earthly; formal; customary. ̃তা n. formality; a formal gift given to one esp. on a ceremonial occasion. লৌকিকতা (রক্ষা) করা v. to comply with formalities whilst dealing with one; to give or send a formal present. 17)