Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

durlabha दुर्लभ – difficult to obtain; difficult to attain

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

difficult to obtain; difficult to attain

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

durlabha ·a. difficult to be obtained or seen; rare, precious dear; difficult i.g. (w. infin.).

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

—Dur- labha, as, ā, am, difficult to be obtained, hard to be attained, difficult of attainment or accomplish- ment, difficult to be found or met with, scarce, rare; excellent, eminent; dear, beloved; difficult (with an inf., e. g. ratho durlabhaḥ samāroḍhum, a chariot difficult to be mounted); (as), m. a kind of plant, = Curcuma Amhaldi or Zerumbet, = karbura, kacchura; N. of a man; (ā), f., N. of two plants, = śveta-kaṇṭa-kārī and dur-ālabhā.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

durlabha (2. duṣ + labha) 1〉 adj. f. ā P. 7,1,68. VOP. 26,173, v. l. schwer zu erlangen, — zu finden, — anzutreffen, selten H. an. 3,455. fg. MED. bh. 16. śrī M. 4,137. siddhi MBH. 13,1861. śucirnaraḥ M. 7,22. R. 1,1,9. R. 1,29,22. R. 2,30,36. R. 2,98,7. R. 3,41,1. MṚCCH. 65,4. MṚCCH. 91,22. RAGH. 1,67. KUMĀRAS. 4,40. KUMĀRAS. 5,46. KUMĀRAS. 5,61. MEGH. 107. ŚĀK. 16. MĀLAV. 68,20. PAÑCAT. I, 344. PAÑCAT. I,III, 134. HIT. I, 154. KATHĀS. 26,228. BHĀG. P. 3,4,15. BHĀG. P. 3,13,48. VET. 34,8. VET. 35,14. SĀH. D. 2,11. SĀH. D. 2,12. atha taddurlabhaṃ dṛṣṭvā yuddham so v. a. einen Kampf, wie man ihn nicht leicht zu sehen bekommt, HARIV. 10796. prāyaḥ pratāpabhagnatvādarīṇāṃ tasya durlabhaḥ . raṇaḥ so v. a. er kam schwer zum Kampfe RAGH. 17,70. mama kṛtvāpriyaṃ rāma durlabhaṃ tava jīvitam so v. a. schwer zu retten R. 3,35,28. SUŚR. 1,114,19. mit einem infin. schwer zu: rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ śatairapi sudurlabham — daivatairvā samāroḍhuṃ dānavairvā rathottamam MBH. 3,1728. compar. durlabhatara überaus schwer zu erlangen, — anzutreffen BHAG. 6,42. MBH. 13,1920. MBH. 13,3415. BHĀG. P. 4,22,8. Nach ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. ist durlabha = atipraśasta ganz ausgezeichnet (d. i. schwer anzutreffen); nach TRIK. 3,3,287 = kāmya begehrenswerth, köstlich; nach H. an. = priya angenehm. — 2〉 m. a〉 N. einer Pflanze (schwer anzufassen), Curcuma Amhaldi oder Zerumbet Roxb., = karbura TRIK. = kacchura (sonst kacchurā f.) H. an. MED. — b〉 N. pr. eines Mannes Verz. d. B. H. No. 944. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 148,a,5. — 3〉 f. ā N. zweier Pflanzen: a〉 = śvetakaṇṭakārī. — b〉 = durālabhā RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

durlabha 1〉 mit einem infin.: śrīścāpi durlabhā bhoktuṃ tathaivākṛtātmabhiḥ MBH. 13,309.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

durlabha — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 schwer zu erlangen, — finden, — anzutreffen, — zu Gesicht zu bekommen, wozu man nicht leicht gelangt, selten. jīvita n. so v. a. schwer zu retten. Mit einem Infin. schwer zu. ˚tara Compar. überaus schwer zu erlangen, — anzutreffen. — b〉 theuer, werth, carus KĀRAṆḌ. 66,22. 67,2. — 2〉 m. — a〉 *Curcuma amhaldi oder Curcuma zerumbet RĀJAN. 6,119. — b〉 N. pr. eines Mannes. — 3〉 *f. ā — a〉 Alhagi maurorum RĀJAN. 4,54. — b〉 eine weiss blühende Kaṇṭakārī RĀJAN. 4,35.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

durlabha schwer zu erlangen, selten, teuer; mit Infin. schwer zu. Abstr. ˚tā f., ˚tva n.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

durlabha durlabha a. difficile à obtenir, à atteindre. Au fig. bien-aimé; ami. — S. m. esp. de sainfoin.

Occurrences in source texts (14)

DYS 2 occurrences
DYS 34–38: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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DYS 73–78: Kevala Kumbhaka 1 occurrence

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HP 7 occurrences
HP 1.44-1.49: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 2.72-2.78: Kevala Kumbhaka 1 occurrence

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HP 3.6-3.9: Ten Mudrās 1 occurrence

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HP 3.79-3.86*1: Vajrolī 1 occurrence

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HP 4.0*1-4.0*14: Samādhi and Laya 3 occurrences

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SiSa 4 occurrences
SiSa 3.88-3.91: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.21-4.25: Zehn Mudrās 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.60-4.63: Jālandharabandha 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.72-4.77: Uḍḍyānabandha 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 156–162: Secret and Closure 1 occurrence

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