HINDU ENCYCLOPEDIA

सनातन धर्म भूमिका

Meaning of "Leela"

Word

Leela

Sanskrit

लीला

IAST

līlā

In General

Child play - not of any value. An enlightened person is always cheerful and consider all activities in this world as a child play; the childhood activities of Krishna is termed as his leela

Purana

The phenomenal world is a leela (play) of Bhagavan, the great god.

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