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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Līlākamala (लीलाकमल).—&c. 'toy-lotus', a lotus-flower held in the hand as a plaything; लीलारविन्दं भ्रमयाञ्चकार (līlāravindaṃ bhramayāñcakāra) R.6. 13; हस्ते लीलाकमलमलके बालकुन्दानुविद्धम् (haste līlākamalamalake bālakundānuviddham) Meghadūta 67; Kumārasambhava 6.84.

Derivable forms: līlākamalam (लीलाकमलम्).

Līlākamala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms līlā and kamala (कमल). See also (synonyms): līlābja, līlāmbuja, līlāravinda, līlātāmarasa, līlāpadma.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Līlākamala (लीलाकमल).—[neuter] a lotus (held in the hand) to play with.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Līlākamala (लीलाकमल):—[=līlā-kamala] [from līlā] n. a woman’s toy-lotus, a lotus-flower held in the hands as a plaything, [Kāvya literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Lilakamala in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Lila, Kamala.

Full-text: Lilapadma, Lilaravinda, Lilatamarasa, Lilabja, Lilambuja, Lila.

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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

Text 5.18 < [Chapter 5 - Second-rate Poetry]

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