Dictionary meanings for lāṭa from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. pl. N. of a country and its inhabitants; eṣa ca (lāṭānuprāsaḥ) prāyeṇa lāṭajanapriyatvāllāṭānuprāsaḥ S. D. 10. ṭaḥ 1 A king of the Lāṭas.
2 Old, worn out, or shabby clothes, oranments &c.
3 Clothes in general.
4 Childish language.
5 A learned man. Comp. anuprāsaḥ one of the five kinds of anuprāsa or alliteration, the repetition of a word or words in the same sense but in a different application; it...
Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
N. of a country said to lie to the west of the Narmadā; it probably included Broach, Baroda and Ahmadabad, and Khaira also according to some.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. pl. (fr. rāṣṭra) N. of a people and of a district inhabited by them (= Gk. Λαρικη of Ptolemy) MBh.; Var. &c 900,2 182192 m. (sg.) a king of the La1t2as lAwa s Katha1s. 900,2 182193 m. the country of the La1t2as lAwa s Uttamac. 900,2 182194 mn. n. (only L.) clothes, dress 900,2 182195
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