Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

ālamba आलम्ब – support

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine · substantive neuter

substantive masculine

support

substantive neuter

support

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

ālamba ·a. hanging down; m. anything to hang on, support (l. & f.).

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Ā-lamba, as, ā, am, hanging down; (as), m. that on which one rests or leans; support; receptacle; a prop; an asylum; depending on or from; a per- pendicular; (ā), f., N. of a plant with poisonous leaves.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

ālamba (von lamb mit ā) 1〉 adj. herabhängend: śirobhiḥ — śobhante kiṃcidālamvaiḥ śālayaḥ R. 3,22,17. — 2〉 m. a〉 woran Etwas hängt, woran man sich festhält, sich stützt, Stütze (auch übertr.): śikyaṃ tadālambaḥ (d. i. bhārālambaḥ) śikya heisst dass, woran die Last hängt H. 364. vidūṣako 'pi sāṃchannarajjvālambo 'mbumadhyagaḥ VID. 239. iha hi patatāṃ nāstyālambo na cāpi nivartanam ŚĀNTIŚ. 3,2. nirālambaḥ pādāṅguṣṭhāgradhiṣṭhitaḥ MBH. 3,1541. R. 1,44,2. VIŚV. 13,23. vāyumārge nirālambe R. 5,7,58. R. 4,63,23. rāme salakṣmaṇe yāte sītāṃ śūnye yathāsukham . nirālambāṃ hariṣyāmi rāhuścandraprabhāmiva .. R. 3,40,28. VET. 28,12. sālamba KATHĀS. 12,175. durālambā (laṅkā) worauf festen Fuss zu fassen schwer ist R. 5,73,6. Vgl. anālamba. — b〉 eine senkrechte Linie WILS. Vgl. avalamba. — c〉 N. pr. eines Muni MBH. 2,109. — 3〉 f. ālambā N. einer Pflanze mit giftigem Blatte SUŚR. 2,251,16.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

ālamba 2〉a〉 RĀJA-TAR. 5,310. karālamba Spr. 2158. dattahastālamba KATHĀS. 67,106. anālamba so v. a. Wüstheit des Kopfes SĀH. D. 222. — Vgl. nirālamba.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

ālamba — 1〉 Adj. herabhängend. Chr. 86,18. — 2〉 m. — a〉 das woran Etwas hängt, woran man sich festhält, Stütze (eig. und übertr.). — b〉 *senkrechte Linie. — c〉 N. pr. eines Muni. — 3〉 f. ā eine best. Pflanze mit giftigen Blättern.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

ālamba herabhängend, geneigt; m. Stütze, Halt.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

ālamba m. appui, soutien. Inclination, penchant.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

HP 2 occurrences
HP 3.1-3.5: Foundation of Kuṇḍalinī 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

HP 3.33-3.48*1: Khecarī and Soma 1 occurrence

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