The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Loluppa (nt.) [abstr. fr. lolupa] greediness, covetousness, self -- indulgence, desire; in the language of the
Abhidhamma often syn. with japp! or ta*h!. At DhsA 365 loluppa is treated as an adj. & expld at
"punappuna visaye lumpati !ka..hat" ti," i. e. one who tears again & again at the object (or as Expos.
ii.470: repeated plundering, hauling along in the fields of sense). -- J i.340, 429; DhsA 365; Vism 61; &
with exegetical synonyms lolupp!yan! & lolupp!yitatta' at Dhs 1059, 1136.
Loleti
Loleti [Caus. fr. lu), see lu)ati] to make shake or unsteady A iii.188 (khobheti+). -- pp. lolita.
Lo)"
Lo)" see !lo)i.
Loha
Loha (nt.) [Cp. Vedic loha, of Idg. *(e)reudh "red"; see also rohita & lohita] metal, esp. copper, brass or
bronze. It is often used as a general term & the individual application is not always sharply defined. Its
comprehensiveness is evident from the classification of loha at VbhA 63, where it is said lohan ti j!tiloha',
vij!ti˚, kittima˚, pis!ca˚ or natural metal, produced metal, artificial (i. e. alloys), & metal from the Pis!ca
district. Each is subdivided as follows: j!ti˚=ayo, sajjha', suva**a', tipu, s"sa', tambaloha',
vekantakaloha'; vij!ti˚=n!ga -- n!sika˚; kittima˚=ka'saloha', va&&a˚, !rak(&a'; pis!ca˚=morakkhaka',
puthuka', malinaka', capalaka', selaka', !&aka', bhallaka', d(siloha'. The description ends "Tesu pañca
j!tiloh!ni p!)iya' visu' vutt!n' eva (i. e. the first category are severally spoken of in the Canon).
Tambaloha' vekantakan ti imehi pana dv"hi j!tilohehi saddhi' sesa' sabbam pi idha lohan ti veditabba'." --
On loha in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 131. Cp. A iii.16=S v.92 (five alloys of gold: ayo, loha, tipu, s"sa',
sajjha'); J v.45 (asi˚); Miln 161 (suva**am pi j!tivanta' lohena bhijjati); PvA 44, 95 (tamba˚= loha), 221
(tatta -- loha -- secana' pouring out of boiling metal, one of the five ordeals in Niraya). -- ka&!ha a copper
(brass) receptacle Vin ii.170. -- k!ra a metal worker, coppersmith, blacksmith Miln 331. -- kumbh" an iron
cauldron Vin ii.170. Also N. of a purgatory J iii.22, 43; iv.493; v.268; SnA 59, 480; Sdhp 195. -- gu)a an
iron (or metal) ball A iv.131; Dh 371 (m! ˚' gil" pamatto; cp. DhA iv.109). -- j!la a copper (i. e. wire)
netting PvA 153. -- th!laka a copper bowl Nd1 226. -- th!li a bronze kettle DhA i.126. -- p!s!da "copper
terrace," brazen palace, N. of a famous monastery at Anur!dhapura in Ceylon Vism 97; DA i.131; Mhvs
passim. -- pi*.a an iron ball SnA 225. -- bha*.a copper (brass) ware Vin ii.135. -- maya made of copper,
brazen Sn 670; Pv ii.64. -- m!sa a copper bean Nd1 448 (suva**a -- channa). -- m!saka a small copper coin
KhA 37 (jatu -- m!saka, d!ru -- m!saka+); DhsA 318. -- r(pa a bronze statue Mhvs 36, 31. -- sal!k! a
bronze gong -- stick Vism 283.
Lohat!
Lohat! (f.) [abstr. fr. loha] being a metal, in (suva**assa) aggalohat! the fact of gold being the best metal
VvA 13.
Lohita
Lohita (adj. -- nt.) [cp. Vedic lohita & rohita; see also P. rohita "red"] 1. (adj.) red: rarely by itself (e. g. M
ii.17), usually in cpds. e. g. ˚abhij!ti the red species (q. v.) A iii.383; ˚kasi*a the artifice of red D iii.268; A
i.41; Dhs 203; Vism 173; ˚candana red sandal (unguent) Miln 191. Otherwise rohita. -- 2. (nt.) blood;
described in detail as one of the 32 !k!ras at KhA 54 sq.; Vism 261, 360; VbhA 245. -- Vin i.203 (!maka˚),
205 (˚' mocetu'); A iv.135 (sa&&hi -- matt!na' bhikkh(na' u*ha' l. mukhato uggañchi; cp. the similar
passage at Miln 165); Sn 433; Pv i.67; i.91 (expld as ruhira PvA 44); Vism 261 (two kinds; sannicita˚ and
sa'sara*a˚), 409 (the colour of the heartblood in relation to states of mind); VbhA 66; PvA 56, 78, 110. --
akkha having red (blood -- shot) eyes (of snakes & yakkhas) Vv 522 (cp. VvA 224: ratta -- nayan!;