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lipलिप्(cf. √ rip) cl. 6. 1.P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 139]) limpáti, °te (pf. lilepa, [Br.] &c.; aor. alipat, [Kathās.]; alipata, alipta Gr.; -alipsata, [RV.]; fut. leptā, lepsyati, °te Gr.; inf. leptum, [ib.]; ind.p. -lipya, [Br.] &c.), to smear, besmear, anoint with (instr.), stain, soil, taint, pollute, defile, [TBr.] &c. &c.; to inflame, kindle, burn, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Pass. lipyate (ep. also °ti; aor. alepi), to be smeared &c.; to be attached to (loc.), stick, adhere, [ĪśUp.] :; Caus. lepayati (aor. alīlipat), to cause to smear &c.; to smear or anoint anything (acc.) with (instr.) or on (loc.), [Hcat.]; [Suśr.]; to cover, [R.]; to cast blame on any one, [Sāy.]; (limpayati), to smear anything (acc.) with (instr.) : Desid. lilipsati, °te Gr.: Intens. lelipyate, lelepti, [ib.]
[cf. Gk. ἀ-λείϕω, λιπαρός, Lat. lippus; Lith. lìpti; Goth. bileiban; Germ. bilîban, blîben, bleiben, leben, Leib; Angl.Sax. libban; Eng. to live, life.]
lipaलिपm. smearing, anointing, plastering, [W.]
lipiलिपिf. (accord. to [L.] also lipī) smearing, anointing &c. (see -kara)
painting, drawing, [L.]
writing, letters, alphabet, art or manner of writing, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]
anything written, manuscript, inscription, letter, document, [Naiṣ.]; [Lalit.]
outward appearance (lipim-√ āp, with gen., ‘to assume the appearance of’; citrāṃ lipiṃ √ nī, ‘to decorate beautifully’), [Vcar.]
lipsāलिप्साf. (fr. Desid.) the desire to gain, wish to acquire or obtain, longing for (loc. or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
, lipsu, lipsya &c. See p. 897, col. 1.
lipsuलिप्सुmfn. wishing to gain or obtain, desirous of, longing for (acc. or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (-tā f. ‘desire of gaining’).
liptāलिप्ता(ā), f. See below.
f. = λεπτή, a minute, the 60th part of a degree, [Jyot.] (cf. [IW. 173 n. 2]).
liptaलिप्तliptá mfn. smeared, anointed, soiled, defiled, [AV.] &c. &c.
sticking or adhering to (loc.), [ŚBr.]
joined, connected, [Uṇ. v, 55], Sch.
envenomed, [L.]
eaten, [L.]
liptiलिप्तिf. ointment, [Naiṣ.]
lipikāलिपिकाf. lipi, a writing, written paper &c., [L.]
lipikaलिपिकm. a scribe, clerk, [Divyāv.]
lipsyaलिप्स्यmfn. to be wished to be obtained, desirable to be acquired, [Vop.]
lipijñaलिपिज्ञlipi—jña mfn. one who can write, [Kām.]
lipitvaलिपित्वlipi—tva n. the condition of being anything written, [Hcat.]
lipsitaलिप्सितmfn. wished to be obtained, desired, [R.]
lipsutāलिप्सुताlipsu—tā f., ‘desire of gaining’
liptīkṛलिप्तीकृliptī-√ kṛ P. -karoti, to reduce to minutes, [VarBṛS.]
liptakaलिप्तकmfn. smeared, covered with poison
m. a poisoned arrow, [L.]
liptikāलिप्तिकाf. See below.
f. id., [ib.]
lipiśālāलिपिशालाlipi—śālā f. a writing-school, [Lalit.]
lipikāraलिपिकारlipi—kāra m. a writer, scribe, copyist, [L.]
lipikaraलिपिकरlipi—kara m. an anointer, whitewasher, plasterer, [R.]
a writer, scribe, [MBh.]; [Vās.]
an engraver, [MW.]
liptāṅgaलिप्ताङ्गmfn. having the body anointed with unguents &c., [MW.]
liptavatलिप्तवत्lipta—vat mfn. one who has smeared or anointed &c., [W.]
lipijñānaलिपिज्ञानlipi—jñāna n. the science or art of writing, [Daś.]
lipinyāsaलिपिन्यासlipi—nyāsa m. ‘the act of putting down written characters’, writing, transcribing, [Kathās.]
lipisajjāलिपिसज्जाlipi—sajjā f. implements or materials for writing, [W.]
lipiphalakaलिपिफलकlipi—phalaka n. a writing-tablet, leaf for writing on [Lalit.]
lipiśāstraलिपिशास्त्रlipi—śāstra n. the art of art of writing, [ib.]
lipikarmanलिपिकर्मन्lipi—karman n. drawing, painting
lipisaṃkhyāलिपिसंख्याlipi—saṃkhyā f. a number of written characters, [L.]
lipivivekaलिपिविवेकlipi—viveka m. N. of wk. on the art of writing of
lipsitavyaलिप्सितव्यmfn. desirable to be obtained, wished for, [MBh.]
liptahastaलिप्तहस्तlipta—hasta mfn. having the hands smeared or stained, [W.]
lipisaṃnāhaलिपिसंनाहlipi—saṃnāha m. ‘writing belt’, a belt worn on the fore-arm, [L.]
liptavāsitaलिप्तवासितlipta—vāsita mfn. anointed and perfumed, [Bhaṭṭ.] (cf. g. rājadantādi).
lipikarmanirmitaलिपिकर्मनिर्मितlipi—kar°ma-nirmita mfn. painted, [Śiś.]