Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

dambha दम्भ – hypocrisy

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dambha ·m. deceit, fraud, hypocrisy.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Dambha, as, m. deceit, fraud, cheating, trickery, feigning hypocrisy, sanctimony; arrogance, osten- tation, pride; sin, wickedness; Deceit personified as a son of A-dharma and Mṛṣā; an epithet of Śiva; Indra's thunderbolt.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dambhá (von dambh) gaṇa pacādi (nom. ag. ?, fehlt in der v. l.) zu P. 3,1,134. m. 1〉 Betrug, Verstellung, Heuchelei, = kaitava AK. 1,1,7,30. TRIK. 3,3,287. H. 378. MED. bh. 5. = kalka AK. 3,4,1,14. TRIK. MED. = gahvara AK. 3,4,25,185. = āṭopāhaṃkṛti (śāṭopa˚ gedruckt) ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. M. 4,163. BHAG. 16,4. INDR. 5,62. HARIV. 7981. SUŚR. 1,312,20. vratarucau dambhaḥ (gaṇyate) BHARTṚ. 2,44. suguptasyāpi dambhasya brahmāpyantaṃ na gacchati PAÑCAT. I, 222. tatra pūrvaścaturvargo (ijyādhyayanadānāni tapaḥ) dambhārthamapi sevyate HIT. I, 8. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,62. BHĀG. P. 1,17,32. DHŪRTAS. 70,12. dambhenānumumūrṣantīm RĀJA-TAR. 6,195. ye tviha vai dāmbhikā dambhayajñeṣu paśūnviśasanti BHĀG. P. 5,26,25. taṃ jāgratamadambhena R. 2,51,1. R. 2,86,2. adambhavṛttayaḥ sarve HARIV. 4137. Personif. PRAB. 19,3. ein Sohn des Adharma von der Mrṣā BHĀG. P. 4,8,2. als Beiw. Śivaʼs ŚIV. Die Bed. verletzendes, hochfahrendes Wesen (vgl. dambhodbhava) scheint das Wort in der folg. Stelle zu haben: dambhābhimānatīkṣṇāni na kurvīta vicakṣaṇaḥ MĀRK. P. 34,46. Vgl. a˚. — 2〉 Indraʼs Donnerkeil (vgl. dambholi) JAṬĀDH._in_Verz. der Oxf. H. 191,b,1.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

dambha 1〉 are dambhamune (dambha mu˚ BROCKH.) o du falscher Muni! KATHĀS. 72,263. — Vgl. mahā˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dambha m. — 1〉 Betrug, Verstellung, Heuchelei. Personificirt als Sohn Adharmaʼs. — 2〉 *Indraʼs Donnerkeil. — 3〉 N. pr. eines Fürsten VP.² 4,30.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dambha m. Trug, List, Heuchelei; dambhārtham zum Schein.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

dambha dambha m. tromperie, fraude; hypocrisie. Orgueil, présomption. dambhayāmi c. de dambh.

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.56-4.66: The Middle Path 1 occurrence

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