लता

Sanskrit

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ln̥téh₂, zero-grade variant of *lentéh₂ (“linden, lime(-wood)”); if so, cognate with Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden”) (whence English linden), Proto-Balto-Slavic *lentā́ˀ (Lithuanian lentà (“(linden) board”), Russian лут (lut, “(linden) bast”)) and Albanian lëndë (“wood, material”), as well as perhaps Latin lentus (“pliable; slow”).

लता • (latā) stem, f

a creeper (any creeping or winding plant or twining tendril); liana Mn. MBh. &c.
musk-creeper L.
a slender woman, any woman Naish. Tantras.
the thong or lash of a whip; whip Pañcat. Suṡr.
a string of pearls VarBṛS.

Feminine ā-stem declension of लता (latā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लता latā	लते late	लताः latāḥ
Vocative	लते late	लते late	लताः latāḥ
Accusative	लताम् latām	लते late	लताः latāḥ
Instrumental	लतया / लता¹ latayā / latā¹	लताभ्याम् latābhyām	लताभिः latābhiḥ
Dative	लतायै latāyai	लताभ्याम् latābhyām	लताभ्यः latābhyaḥ
Ablative	लतायाः / लतायै² latāyāḥ / latāyai²	लताभ्याम् latābhyām	लताभ्यः latābhyaḥ
Genitive	लतायाः / लतायै² latāyāḥ / latāyai²	लतयोः latayoḥ	लतानाम् latānām
Locative	लतायाम् latāyām	लतयोः latayoḥ	लतासु latāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Monier Williams (1899) “लता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0895/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 436-437
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 88