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las, “be lively”

laṣ

las

Present

I. lasati etc. E.+,-te etc. C

Future

Simple Future: lasiṣyati

Periphrastic Future: lasitā

Aorist

RAo: alīlasat

-iṣ-Ao: alasīt

Perfect

lalāsa C

Causative

lāsayati etc. E.+ (lāsyate C.)

Verbal Nouns

lasita E.+

Derivatives

-las C.

 

-lasana C.

 

lāsa E.+

 

-lāsin E.+

 

-lasa B.+

 

lāsana E.+

 

lāsaka E.+

 

lāsya E.+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lālasa E.+

 

 

In meaning, lālasa belongs distinctly to √ laṣ, and the two roots are very possibly one in origin; alasa is the only pre-epic form.

 

Meanings

lasati v PPP lasita gleam, glance; sound forth; appear, rise (only lasant & lasamāna), sport, play. Caus. lāsayati (cause or teach to) dance.

 

ud = S. Caus. cause to gleam etc; cause, produce i.g. pratyud shine, appear. prod shine or sound forth, move hither and thither. samud shine or sound forth, appear.

vi shine, glitter, appear, arise, sound forth, sport, play, move hither and thither, coruscate.

Cf. ullasita, vilasita.