1. laś
laś cl. 10. P. lāśayati, to exercise an art, Dhātup. xxxiii, 55 ( v.l. for las).
The corpus record — Sanskrit
lasaḥ
laś cl. 10. P. lāśayati, to exercise an art, Dhātup. xxxiii, 55 ( v.l. for las).
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Where it lives
- Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
2. laṣ
laṣ ( cf. √ las) cl. 1. 4. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxi, 23 ; cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 70 ) laṣati, te, laṣyati, te ( pf. lalāṣa, leṣe; aor. alāṣīt or alaṣīt, alaṣiṣṭa; fut. laṣitā; ṣiṣyati, te; inf. laṣitum), to wish, desire, long for ( acc. ), MBh. ; Kāv. &c. (mostly with prep. abhi); to strive after, approach ( acc. ), VarBṛS. , Sch. : Caus. , or cl. 10. P. lāṣayati ( aor. alīlaṣat), to exercise an art, Dhātup. xxxiii, 55 ( v.l. for laś) : Desid. lilaṣiṣati Gr. : Intens. lālaṣyate, lālaṣṭi, ib.
3. لَس
1. las cl. 1. P. , ( Dhātup. xvii, 64 ) lasati (only p. lasat, lasamāna, and pf. lalāsa; Gr. also aor. alasīt; fut. , lasitā, lasiṣyati), to shine, flash, glitter, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to appear, come to light, arise, Kathās. ; to sound, resound, ib. ( cf. √ ras); to play, sport, frolic, Chandom. ; to embrace, Dhātup. : Caus. , or cl. 10. ( Dhātup. xxxiii, 55 ), lāsayati ( aor. alīlasat; Pass. lāsyate), to dance, R. ; to cause to teach to dance, Vikr. ; to exercise an art ( cf. √ laś), Dhātup.
In the wild
- lasaḥ Bhagavad Gita 18.28
Where it came from
- Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. las (vol. 3, scan p. 679; entry #8851).
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