Lasa, Lā shā, La sha, Lǎ shā, Lāsa, Lasā, Lasha: 29 definitions
Introduction:
Lasa means something in Christianity, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Lasa in Indonesia is the name of a plant defined with Lansium domesticum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lansium domesticum Jack.
2) Lasa in Philippines is also identified with Nypa fruticans It has the synonym Nipa litoralis Blanco (etc.).
3) Lasa is also identified with Thysanolaena latifolia It has the synonym Panicum acariferum Trin. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botanica Acta (1997)
· FBI (1896)
· Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland (1888)
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1855)
· Systematisches Verzeichniss der von H. Zollinger in den Jahren 1842–1844 (1842)
· Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1835)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Lasa, for example side effects, chemical composition, diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
lāsa : (m.) dancing; sport.
Lāsa, (of las) sporting, dancing: see abhi°, vi°. (Page 583)
1) lasa (လသ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[asa+a．lasa silesanakīḷanesu．lasati．nīti,dhātu．145．lasatīti laso,silese kīḷe．kappadduma．lasa-saṃ．]
[လသ+အ။ လသ သိလေသနကီဠနေသု။ လသတိ။ နီတိ၊ ဓာတု။ ၁၄၅။ လသတီတိ လသော၊ သိလေသေ ကီဠေ။ ကပ္ပဒ္ဒုမ။ လသ-သံ။]
2) lāsa (လာသ) [(pu,na) (ပု၊န)]—
[asa+ṇa．nīti,dhātu．175．184．lāsa-saṃ,prā．]
[လသ+ဏ။ နီတိ၊ ဓာတု။ ၁၇၅။ ၁၈၄။ လာသ-သံ၊ ပြာ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) lasa—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကစားမြူးတူး-လျင်မြန်-ဖြတ်လပ်-သော။ (ပု) (၂) အစေး၊ ကော်။ လသဂတ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Playful - swift - sly. (puzzle) (2) Dust, coal. Watching the moonlight.
2) lāsa—
(Burmese text): မြူးထူး-ပျော်ပါး-ကစား-ကခုန်-နှစ်သက်-နှစ်လို-ခြင်း။ ဝိလာသ,အဘိလာသ-တို့လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Mirth, joy, play, excitement, affection, desire, and love. Also take a look at Vilatha and Abhilatha.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
lasa (लस).—f ( H) Sanious running; serous excretion.
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lāśā (लाशा).—a (lāsa) Bearing the mark of the cauterizing iron; branded or fired. 2 Having a spot or discoloration resembling the mark of the iron; or having a black and rotten spot in general--a fruit &c.
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lāsa (लास).—m A mark made by actual cautery. v dē, ghē. 2 A nautical term. Backing with an oar to turn the head of the boat. Used with valhēṃ or nāvēsa &c., and v dhara, kara.
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lāsā (लासा).—a R Commonly lāśā.
lasa (लस).—f Sanious running; serous excretion.
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lāsa (लास).—m A mark made by actual cautery.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Lasā (लसा).—[lasati las-ac]
1) Saffron.
2) Turmeric.
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Lāsa (लास).—[las-ghañ]
1) Jumping, sporting, skipping about, dancing; मदनजनितलासैः (madanajanitalāsaiḥ) Ṛtusaṃhāra 6.3.
2) Dalliance, wanton sport.
3) Dancing as practised by women.
4) Soup, broth.
Derivable forms: lāsaḥ (लासः).
Lasa (लस).—adj. (otherwise recorded only in neg. a-lasa), active, quick-moving: suku (= Sanskrit śuko) lasu (= laso; only v.l. in mss. rasu) guṇadhara…Lalitavistara 167.1 (verse), (when you were once incarnate as) a virtuous parrot, quick-darting. No other interpretation seems possible, unless we em. to a deriv. of lap-, compare AMg. lava, speaking, and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] -lāpika. Tibetan seems to omit the word.
Lasā (लसा).—f.
(-sā) 1. Turmeric. 2. Saffron. E. las to sport, affs. aṅ and ṭāp .
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Lāsa (लास).—m.
(-saḥ) 1. Dancing in general. 2. Dancing, as practised by women: see lāsya. 3. Pulse that has been steeped or slightly boiled, pea-water, &c. not thickened to the consistency of Yusha or peasesoup. 4. Dalliance, wanton sport, &c. E. las to sport, aff. ghañ .
Lāsa (लास).—i. e. las + a, m. 1. Dancing. 2. Dalliance. 3. Pea-water, pulse that has been lightly boiled.
Lāsa (लास).—[masculine] jumping, sporting, dancing.
1) Laśa (लश):—m. gum, resin, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Lasa (लस):—[from las] mfn. shining, playing, moving hither and thither (cf. a-lasa)
3) [v.s. ...] having the smell of bell-metal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] m. fever in a camel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] smell of bell-metal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Lasā (लसा):—[from lasa > las] f. saffron, turmeric, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) Lasa (लस):—[from las] n. red sandalwood, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Lāsa (लास):—[from las] a m. the act of jumping, sporting, dancing, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] (cf. rāsa)
9) [v.s. ...] dancing as practised by women, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] soup. broth (= yūṣa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] saliva (?), in alāsa q.v.
12) b lāsin, lāsya See p. 899, col. 2.
1) Lasā (लसा):—(sā) 1. f. Turmeric.
2) Lāsa (लास):—(saḥ) 1. m. Dancing; pea-water; dalliance.
Lasa (लस):—(von 1. las)
1) adj. sich hinundherbewegend; s. a . —
2) f. ā Gelbwurz (gandhapalāśikā) [Hārāvalī 93.]
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Lāsa (लास):—m.
1) (von 1. las) das Springen, Hüpfen, Sichhinundherbewegen: madanajanitalāsaiḥ dṛṣṭipātaiḥ [Ṛtusaṃhāra 6, 30.] madajanitabilāsai v. l. Tanz, Frauentanz [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) Fleischbrühe, Brühe (yūṣa) [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma]
Lasa (लस):——
1) Adj. in alasa. —
2) *f. ā Gelbwurz.
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Lāsa (लास):—m. —
1) das Springen , Hüpfen , Sichhinundherbewegen. —
2) *Tanz , Frauentanz. —
3) *Fleischbrühe , Brühe.
Lāsa (लास) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Lāva.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
1) Lasa (लस) [Also spelled las]:—(nm) pastiness, stickiness, adhesiveness; ~[dāra] glutinous, sticky, adhesive.
2) Lāśa (लाश) [Also spelled lash]:—(nf) corpse, dead boby; carcass; ~[ghara] mortuary; —[galiyoṃ meṃ khiṃcavānā] to cause to be dragged in streets to insult after death; —[para lāśa giranā] fighting men to fall one after another, a heap of corpses to be piled up; [lāśoṃ se paṭa jānā] to be strewn all over with corpses.
3) Lāsā (लासा):—(nm) a glutinous/adhesive substance; bird-line; a bait; lure; —[denā] to lure, to bait; —[lagākara ciḍiyā phaṃsānā] to lure a bird into captivity; —[lagānā] to involve into a trap; to cause a quarrel.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Lasa (लस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Las.
2) Lāsa (लास) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Lāsya.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Lāsa (ಲಾಸ):—[noun] rapid, lively movement (as from or expressing joy); dance.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Lāśa (लाश):—n. → लास [lāsa]
2) Lāsa (लास):—n. corpse; dead body; cadaver; carcass;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Chinese-English dictionary
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
拉殺 [lā shā] [la sha]—
拉 [la] (lā): to break, to snap. (lāshā) refers to beating to death, striking to death.
Source: Song (宋 [song]) Dynasty, Hong Mai (洪邁 [hong mai]), Yijian Dingzhi (夷堅丁志 [yi jian ding zhi]), Volume 2 (卷二 [juan er]), "Prefect Zhang" (張通判 [zhang tong pan]).
"The officer received the order and set out. Two days later, he [] killed him in the territory of Nanxiong (南雄 [nan xiong])."
Source: Plain History of the Five Dynasties (五代史平話 [wu dai shi ping hua]), History of Jin (晉史 [jin shi]), Volume Lower (卷下 [juan xia]).
"Shouzhen (守貞 [shou zhen]) then sent someone to [] kill Yang Guangyuan (楊光遠 [yang guang yuan]), falsely claiming he died of illness; he appointed his son Chengxun (承勳 [cheng xun]) as the Defense Commissioner (防禦使 [fang yu shi]) of Ruzhou (汝州 [ru zhou])."
拉殺：拉，摧折。拉殺指擊打致死。宋．洪邁《夷堅丁志．卷二．張通判》：「校奉命就道，越二日，拉殺之于南雄境上。」《五代史平話．晉史．卷下》：「守貞乃遣人拉殺楊光遠，詐稱病死；授其子承勳為汝州防禦使。」
lā shā: lā, cuī zhé. lā shā zhǐ jī dǎ zhì sǐ. sòng． hóng mài < yí jiān dīng zhì． juǎn èr． zhāng tōng pàn>: “xiào fèng mìng jiù dào, yuè èr rì, lā shā zhī yú nán xióng jìng shàng.” < wǔ dài shǐ píng huà． jìn shǐ． juǎn xià>: “shǒu zhēn nǎi qiǎn rén lā shā yáng guāng yuǎn, zhà chēng bìng sǐ； shòu qí zi chéng xūn wèi rǔ zhōu fáng yù shǐ.”
la sha: la, cui zhe. la sha zhi ji da zhi si. song. hong mai < yi jian ding zhi. juan er. zhang tong pan>: "xiao feng ming jiu dao, yue er ri, la sha zhi yu nan xiong jing shang." < wu dai shi ping hua. jin shi. juan xia>: "shou zhen nai qian ren la sha yang guang yuan, zha cheng bing si; shou qi zi cheng xun wei ru zhou fang yu shi."
Chinese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: A, Sha, La, Asha, Na.
Starts with (+18): La-sa, Lacarpatu, Lacati, Lasa-rakhne-bakasa, Lasadamshu, Lasadbindu, Lasaddhvaja, Lasaddimba, Lasadvadana, Lasaga, Lasagata, Lasaiet, Lasaitet, Lasaj, Lasajaanch, Lasajaanch-muchulka, Lasajamca, Lasajamca-muculka, Lasak, Lasak-launu.
Full-text (+121): Asha, Vilasa, Abhilasa, Abbhasa, Alasa, Krikalasa, Kalasha, Kilasa, Kalapa, Ullasa, Anasaka, Vilasita, Hrillasa, Upanyasa, Alasaka, Vilasana, Anasa, Upasamana, Solasa, Krikulasa.
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