lIlA f. (derivation doubtful) play, sport, diversion, amusement, pastime, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.
lIlA [ lI-kvip liyaM lAti lA-ka vA Tv. ] 1 Play, sport, pastime, diversion, pleasure, amusement; klamaM yayO kaMdukalIlayApi yA Ku. 5. 19 ; oft. used as the first member of comp. ; lIlAkamalaM, lIlASukaH &c. 2 Amorous pastime, wanton, amorous or playful sport; utsfzwalIlAgatiH R. 7. 7 ; 4. 22 ; 5. 70 ; kzuByAMti prasaBamaho vinApi hetorlIlABiH kimu sati kAraRe ramaRyaH Śi. 8. 24 ; Me. 35 ; ( lIlA in this sense is thus explained by ujjvalamaRiH-aprAptavallaBasamAgamanAyikAyAH saKyAH puro'tra nijacittavinodabudDyA . AlApaveSagatihAsyavilokanAdyEH prAReSvarAnukftimAkalayaMti lIlAm .. ). 3 Ease, facility, mere sport, child's play; lIlayA jaGAna ‘killed with ease’. 4 Appearance, semblance, air, mien; yaH saMyati prAptapinAkilIlaH R. 6. 72 ‘appearing like Pinākin’. 5 Beauty, charm, grace; muhuravalokitamaMqaMnalIlA Gīt. 6 , R. 6. 1 ; 16. 71. 6 Pretence, disguise, dissimulation, sham; as, lIlAmanuzyaH, lIlAnawaH &c. Comp. — a (A) gAraH -raM, -gfhaM, -veSman n. a pleasure-house; R. 8. 95. — aMga a. having graceful limbs. — aMcita a. sportively handsome. — abjaM , aMbujaM, -araviMdaM, -kamalaM, -tAramasaM, -padmaM &c. ‘toy-lotus’, a lotus-flower held in the hand as a plaything; R. 6. 13 ; Me. 65 , Ku. 6. 84. — avatAraH the descent (of Viṣṇu) on the earth for amusement. — udyAnaM 1 a pleasure-garden. 2 the garden of gods, Indra's paradise. — kalahaH ‘sportive quarrel’, a sham or feigned quarrel; cf. praRayakalah . — catura a. sportively charming; Ku. 1. 47. — nawanaM a sportive dance. — manuzyaH a sham man, a man in disguise. — mAtraM mere sport or play, child's play, absence of the least effort. — ratiH f. diversion, sport. — vajraM an instrument like Indra's thunderbolt. — vApI a pleasure-tank. — SukaH a parrot kept for pleasure. — sADya a. to be effected with ease, easy of accomplishment.