ORIENTAL SERIES.

LALITA- VISTARALINGA. 177
LALITA-YISTABA. A work in Sanskrit verse on the
life and doctrines of Buddha. It has been printed in the
BiUiotheca Lidica.
LANGALL ' Anned with a ploughshare.' Bala-rama.
LANKA, i. The island of Ceylon or its capital city. The
city is described in the Bamayawa as of vast extent and of great
magnificence, with seven broad moats and seven stupendous
walls of stone and metal. It is said to have been built of gold
by Yiswa-karma for the residence of Kuvera, from whom it was
taken by Bavarca. The Bhagavata Purawa represents that the
island was originally the summit of Mount Mem, which was
broken off by the god of the wind and hurled into the sea. 2.
Name of one of the Sakims or
and Devi.
evil spirits attendant on Siva
LATA. A country comprising Kandesh and part of Guze-
rat about the Mhye river. It is also called Lar, and is the
Act/7t3j of Ptolemy.
LirYAYANA. Author of a Sutra work. It has been
printed in the Bibliotlieca
LAVA. One of the
Indica.
twin sons of Bama and Sita. He
reigned at Sravastl. See Rama.
LAYAIVA. A Bakshasa, son of Madhu by Kumbhinasi, the
sister of Bavafia and daughter of Yisravas. He inherited from
his father an invincible trident which had been presented to
him by /Siva. He was surprised without his weapon and killed
by Satru-ghna. Lava?aa was king of Mathura and Satni-ghna
succeeded him,.
LIKHITA, Author of a Dharma-sastra or code of law.
LlLAYATI. '
Charming.' The fanciful title of that chapter
of Bhaskara's Siddhanta-siromafti which treats of arithmetic
and geometry. It has been translated by Colebrooke and Dr.
Taylor, and the text has been printed,
LINGA, LINGAM. Tho male organ. The phallus. The
symbol under which Siva is universally worshipped. It is of
comparatively modern introduction and is unknown to the Yedas,
but it receives distinct notice in the Maha-bharata. "The
emblem a plain column of stone, or sometimes a cone of
plastic mud suggests no offensive ideas. The people call it
Siva or Maha-deva, and there's an end." In the Siva Puram,
and in the Nandi TJpa-purawa, Siva is made to say, " I am