As a Hindi name
लीला · noun · feminine
वह व्यापार जो चित्त की उमंग से केवल मनोरंजन के लिये किया जाय । केलि । क्रीड़ा । खेल । जैसे,—वाललीला · श्रृंगार की उमंगभीरी चेष्टा । प्रेम का खेलवाड़ । प्रेमविनोद · नायिकाओँ का एक हाव जिसमें वे प्रिय के वेश, गति, वाणी आदि का अनुकरण करती हैं — Śabdasāgara
लीला · noun · masculine
स्याह रंग का घोड़ा · गोदना — Śabdasāgara
लीला · feminine
the ways or acts of God in the mortal realm; play, playing, amusement
Platts (p. 975) also records: Blue ( = nīlā, q.v.)
Cited formation "लीला" is ल + -ईला: ल means "the twenty-eighth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -ईला forms 'containing', 'full of' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(7) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "लीला" is लील + -आ: लील means "Blue", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi लीला — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit लीला (līlā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
līlā f. (derivation doubtful) play, sport, diversion, amusement, pastime, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
mere sport or play, child's play, ease or facility in doing anything, ib.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
play, sport, diversion, amusement, pastime, &c.
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līlā f. (derivation doubtful) play, sport, diversion, amusement, pastime, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
mere sport or play, child's play, ease or facility in doing anything, ib.
mere appearance, semblance, pretence, disguise, sham, Kāv.; Kathās.; Pur. (ibc. sportively, easily, in sport, as a mere joke ; also = līlayā ind. for mere diversion, feignedly)
grace, charm, beauty, elegance, loveliness, Kālid.; Kathās.; Rājat.
(in rhet.) a maiden's playful imitation of her lover, Daśar.; Sāh.; Pratāp.
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