Keḷi 1 (feminine) [from kr̥īḍ to play, sport: see kīḷati] 1. play, amusement, sport Pv-a 265 (= khiḍḍā); parihāsa° merry play, fun Ja I 116. 2. playing at dice, gambling, in °maṇḍala "circle of the game," draught-board; °ṃ bhindati to break the board, i.e. to throw the die over the edge so as to make the throw invalid (cf. Cunningham, Stupa of Bharhut , plate 45 = A.K. Coomaraswamy. La Sculpture de Bharhut, 1956, plate XLVIII, figure. 223. cf. H. Lüders, Philologica Indica, 1939, 114) Ja I 379. Keḷi 2 (feminine) [either from kil as in kilijjati and kilissati, or from kel, as given under keḷanā] the meaning is not quite defined, it may be taken as "attachment, lust, desire," or "selfishness, deceit" (cf. kerāṭika and kilissati), or "unsettledness, wavering." — keḷi-sīla of unsettled character, unreliable, deceitful Pv-a 241. °sīlaka the same Ja II 447. — pañca citta-keḷiyo = pañca nīvaraṇāni (kāmacchanda etc.), the gratifications of the heart Thag 1010 (correct kelisā to keḷiyo!). — citta-keḷiṃ kīḷantā bahuṃ pāpakammaṃ katvā enjoying themselves (wrongly) to their heart's content Ja III 43. Cf. kāmesu a-ni-kīḷitāvin unstained by desires S I 9, 117.
(fem, fem, from kīḷati) joke; fun; sport; amusement sport, enjoyment Construction: √kīḷ > keḷ + *i