The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Lekhana
Lekhana (nt.) [fr. likh] scratching, drawing, writing Dhtp 467.
Lekh!
Lekh! (f.) [fr. likh; Vedic lekh!. See also rekh! & lekha] 1. streak, line VvA 277 (=r!ji); canda˚ crescent
moon [cp. Epic candralekh! Mbh 3, 1831] Vism 168; DhsA 151. -- 2. a scratch, line A i.283; Pug 32; J
vi.56 (lekha' ka..hati). -- 3. writing, inscription, letter Vin iii.76 (˚' chindati destroy the letter); J i.451 (on
a phalaka); Miln 349 (˚!cariya teacher of writing); PvA 20 (˚pa**a, letter so read for likh!˚). -- 4. the art of
writing or drawing [=lipi Hemacandra], writing as an art. It is classed as a respectable (ukka&&ha) profession
(sippa) Vin iv.7; and mentioned by the side of mudd! and ga*an! Vin iv.7, 128=i.77; cp. Vin iv.305.
Lekhita
Lekhita [pp. of lekheti] drawn (of lines), pencilled Th 2, 256.
Lekheti
Lekheti [Caus. of likhati or Denom. of lekha] to (make a) scratch J iv. 402. -- pp. lekhita.
Le..u
Le..u [dial. Sk. le+&u>*le&&hu>*le&&u>le..u; also Prk. le.u & le&&hu: Pischel, § 304; cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 62]
a clod of earth S v.146=J ii.59 (˚&&h!na); J i.19, 175; iii.16; vi.405; Miln 255; SnA 222 (!k!se khitta, in
simile); Vism 28 (trsln "stone"), 360 (˚kha*.'!d"ni), 366 (containing gold), 419; VbhA 66 (˚kha*.!); VvA
141; PvA 284. -- The throwing of clods (stones?) is a standing item in the infliction of punishments, where
it is grouped with da*.a (stick) and sattha (sword), or as le..u -- da*.'!di, e. g. at M i.123; D ii.336, 338
(v. l. le*.u); J ii.77; iii.16; vi.350; Vism 419; DhA i.399 (v. l. le*.u); iii.41; iv.77; VvA 141. -- Note.
le..(paka in cu**a' v! tela' v! le..(pakena etc. at DhsA 115 read as v!la*.upakena, as at Vism 142. --
p!ta "throw of a clod," a certain measure of (not too far) a distance Vin iv.40; Vism 72; DhsA 315 (trsln "a
stone's throw").
Le..uka
Le..uka=le..u; Vism 28.
Le*a
Le*a (& lena) (nt.) [*Sk. layana, fr. l" in meaning "to hide," cp. Prk. le*a] 1. a cave (in a rock), a mountain
cave, used by ascetics (or bhikkhus) as a hermitage or place of shelter, a rock cell. Often enumd with ku&i &
guh!, e. g. Vin iv.48; Miln 151; Vbh 251 (n.). At Vin ii.146 it is given as collective name for 5 kinds of
hermitages, viz. vih!ra, a..hayoga, p!s!da, hammiya, guh!. The expln of le*a at VbhA 366 runs as
follows: "pabbata' kha*itv! v! pabbh!rassa appahonaka&&h!ne ku..a' u&&h!petv! v! katasen!sana'," i. e.
opportunity for sitting & lying made by digging (a cave) in a mountain or by erecting a wall where the cave
is insufficient (so as to make the rest of it habitable). Cp. Vin i.206=iii.248 (pabbh!ra' sodh!peti le*a'
kattuk!mo) Mhvs 16, 12; 28, 31 sq. (n); Miln 200 (mah!˚). -- 2. refuge, shelter, (fig.) salvation (sometimes
in sense of nibb!na). In this meaning often combd with t!*a & sara*a, e. g. at D i.95; S iv.315 (ma' -- le*a
refuge with me;+ma't!*a); iv.372 (=nibb!na); A i.155 sq. (n); J ii.253; DA i.232. Cp. Vin iii.155.
le*'attha' for refuge Vin ii.164 (n); J i.94. -- ale*a without a refuge Ps i.127; ii.238; Pv ii.25 (= asara*a PvA