masculine · lesa 1 · lesa 2
a trifle; a pretext; trick
Lesa [cf. Sanskrit leśa particle; as Kern, Toev. sub voce points out, it occurs in Sanskrit also in the Pāli meaning at Mbh V 33, 5 although this is not given in BR. — As "particle" only at Dhātup 444 in definition of lisati] sham, pretext, trick Vin III 169 (where ten lesas are enumerated, viz. jāti°, nāma°, gotta°, liṅga°, āpatti°, patta°, cīvara°, upajjhāya°, ācariya°, senāsana°); Ja II 11; VI 402. — lesa-kappa pretext Vin II 166; Vv 84 43 (= kappiya-lesa Vv-a 348); Thag 941; Sv I 103.
【陽】 瑣事，藉口，詭計。
(masc, masc) ploy; trick; pretext trifle, pretext, trick [lit.] some small thing Construction: √lis > les + *a
(masc, masc) part, fraction Construction: √lis > les + *a