The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1375 page)

Li-kuei
.

The
kuei
in Chinese popular belief who return after death as vengeful spirits.

 
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(Skt., ‘play’). The ‘joyous exercise of spontaneity involved [according to Hindus] in the art of creation’ (S.
Radhakrishnan
). L
l
is freedom of movement, as in the rush of water from a fountain. It represents an exuberance in creation, undertaken by the god(s) for sheer delight, and is thus the reason why there is something rather than nothing. L
l
is personified in
Lalit
. L
l
came also to refer to the acts of gods, so that dramatic re-enactments are called ‘-l
l
’, as e.g.
Ramal
l
or
K
al
l