Sanskrit Words In Southeast Asian Languages
by Satya Vrat Shastri | 2005 | 125,218 words
This book, entitled "Sanskrit Words In Southeast Asian Languages", explores the profound influence of Sanskrit on Southeast Asian languages and cultures. It highlights India's extensive cultural and linguistic exchanges with Southeast Asia, beginning from ancient times when Indian rulers and religious envoys connected with countries like ...
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530 LILA - always on the move, restless; (sportive) an expression of fondness of which the precise meaning is not ascertained Skt. lila - play sport, pastime, diversion, pleasure, amusement 1 LOBA greedy, greed, covetous, desirous, avaricious, saudagar loba it the greedy merchant, kelobaan - covetousness, melobakan - cove Variants aloba, haloba, lobha Skt. lobha - covetousness, avarice, greed, cupidity, desire for, longing after; avarice personified (one of the six enemies of a man; perplexity, confusion LOGA-ar. abode, place, syurga loga also loka - heaven, the Hindu heaven, heaven of Siva Variant loka Skt. il loka - the world, a division of the universe; (roughly speaking there are three lokas svarga, prthvi and patala, but according to fuller classification the lokas are fourteen, seven higher regions rising from one above the other, and seven lower regions, descending from the earth one below the other LOGAM - mineral, stone or metal; logam champor - alloy, logam mulia precious metal Skt. loha-copper, iron, steel, any metal, gold; blood LOKA = loga - in Malay, Negeri Sembilan a riverine trap (like English eel - traps) = bub penay; melukah - to expose one's person, tahan lukah - tie (a sarong) indecently Variants - lokah, lukah, longkah, log, logam Skt. loka loka LONTAR - a tree of the palm kind, yielding much toddy Siapa iang terdiri seperti puhn lontar itu - who is that who stands erect like a palm tree? Daun lontar - the palm-leaf used for writing with a style Skt. tala - the palmyra tree