lAwa m. pl. ( fr. rAzwra ) N. of a people and of a district inhabited by them (= Gk. Λαρικη of Ptolemy), MBh. ; Var. &c.
lAwa m. pl. N. of a country and its inhabitants; eza ca ( lAwAnuprAsaH ) prAyeRa lAwajanapriyatvAllAwAnuprAsaH S. D. 10. — waH 1 A king of the Lāṭas. 2 Old, worn out, or shabby clothes, ornaments &c. 3 Clothes in general. 4 Childish language. 5 A learned man. Comp. — anuprAsaH one of the five kinds of anuprAsa or alliteration, the repetition of a word or words in the same sense but in a different application; it is thus defined and illustrated by Mammaṭa: — SAbdastu lAwAnuprAso Bede tAtparyamAtrataH , e. g. vadanaM varavarRinyAstasyAH satyaM suDAkaraH . suDAkaraH kva nu punaH kalakavikalo Bavet ; or yasya na saviDe dayitA davadahanastuhinadIDitistasya . yasya ca ( pb ) saviDe dayitA davadahanastuhinadIDitistasya .. K. P. 9.
lAwa N. of a country said to lie to the west of the Narmadā; it probably included Broach, Baroda and Ahmadabad, and Khaira also according to some.