लालस

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Adjective

लालस • (lālasa)

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

Noun

लालस • (lālasa) stem, m

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

References
  • 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]‎ (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 440
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