लालस

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Intensive form of लस् (las, to jerk, move back and forth).

Adjective

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लालस (lālasa)

  1. eagerly longing for, ardently desirous of, delighting or absorbed in, devoted or totally given up to

Noun

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लालस (lālasa) stemm

  1. longing or ardent desire, fond attachment or devotion to

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “लालस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0900.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 440