latA f. a creeper, any creeping or winding plant or twining tendril, Mn. ; MBh. &c. (the brows, arms, curls, a slender body, a sword-blade, lightning &c. are often compared to the form of a creeper, to express their graceful curves and slimness of outline; cf. BrU-l° , bAhu-l° , taqil-l° &c.)
latA [ lat-ac ] 1 A creeper, creeping plant; latABAvena pariRatamasyA rUpaM V. 4 ; lateva saMnadDamanojYapallavA R. 3. 7 . Often used as the last member of compounds, especially with words meaning ‘arm’, ‘eyebrow’, ‘lightning’, to denote beauty, tenderness, thinness &c.; BujalatA, bAhulatA, BrUlatA , vidyullatA ; so Kaqga°, alaka° , &c.; cf. Ku. 2. 64 ; Me. 47 ; Ś. 3. 15 ; R. 9. 46. 2 A branch. 3 The creeper called Priyaṅgu . 4 The Mādhavī creeper. 5 Musk-creeper. 6 A whip or the lash of a whip. 7 A string of pearls. 8 A slender woman. 9 A woman in general. 10 The Dūrvā grass. Comp. — aMguliH f. a branch serving as a finger. — aMtaM a flower. — aMbujaM a kind of cucumber. — arkaH a green onion. — alakaH an elephant. — AnanaH a particular position of the hands in dancing. ( pb ) — udgamaH the upward winding or climbing of a creeper. — karaH a particular position of the hands in dancing. — kastUrikA, kastUrI musk-creeper. — gfhaHhaM a bower surrounded with creepers, an arbour; Ku. 3. 41. — jihvaH , — rasanaH a snake. — taruH 1 the Sāla tree. 2 the Tāla tree. 3 the orange tree. — panasaH the water-melon. — parRaH N. of Viṣṇu. — pratAnaH the tendril of a creeper; R. 2. 8. — BavanaM an arbour, a bower. — maRiH coral. — maMqapaH a bower, an arbour. — mfgaH a monkey. — yazwiH f. Bengal madder. — yAvakaM a shoot, sprout. — valayaH, -yaM an arbour. — vfkzaH the cocoa-nut tree. — vezwaH a kind of coitus or mode of sexual enjoyment. — vezwanaM, -vezwitakaM a kind of embrace.