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Sanskrit
Etymology
Intensive form of लस् (las, “to jerk, move back and forth”).
Adjective
लालस • (lālasa)
- eagerly longing for, ardently desirous of, delighting or absorbed in, devoted or totally given up to
Noun
लालस • (lālasa) stem, m
- 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