a. (lā-lī f.; the former in relation to clothes &c., the latter in relation to animals, plants &c.) 1 Blue, dark-blue; nīlasnigdhaḥ śrayati śikharaṃ nūtanastoyavāhaḥ U. 1. 33.

2 Dyed with indigo. laḥ 1 The dark-blue or black colour.

2 Sapphire.

3 The Indian fig tree.

4 N. of a monkey-chief in the army of Rāma.

5 ‘The blue mountain’, N. of one of the principal ranges of mountains.

6 A kind of bird, the...