Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

lābha लाभ – attainment; acquisition

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

attainment; acquisition

Derived from

  1. labh लभ् verbal root — obtain; receive
  2. a अ suffix — nominal-forming suffix -a
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

lābha ·m. finding, meeting with, getting, acquisition (gen. or --°); gain, advantage, capture, conquest; perception, knowledge.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Lābha, as, m. obtaining, receiving, gaining, get- ting, meeting with, finding, acquirement, acquisition; gain, advantage, profit; capture, conquest; appre- hension, comprehension, perception, knowledge; en- joying; = prāpti, N. of the eleventh astrological house or lunar mansion; [cf. Slav. lovu.]

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

lābha lābha, &c. See p. 862, col. 1.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

lābha (von labh) m. 1〉 das Finden, Antreffen M. 10,115. puṃsaḥ Spr. 5309. videśe bandhulābhaḥ KATHĀS. 25,70. — 2〉 das Bekommen, Kriegen, Erlangung; Gewinn, Vortheil AK. 2,9,80. H. 869. dharma˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 4,3,19. ˚kāma KĀTY. ŚR. 7,3. M. 6,57. fg. hiraṇyabhūmi˚ YĀJÑ. 1,351. artha˚ R. 2,40,9. R. 2,106,4. astra˚ R. GORR. 1,4,19. strīratna˚ RAGH. 7,31. paritoṣa˚ RAGH. 11,92. śuddhi˚ RAGH. 12,10. aniṣṭādiṣṭalābhe Spr. 104. bhuvastasyāḥ Spr. 193. sthāna˚ Spr. 2922. amātya˚, dhana˚ Spr. 4613. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 50,17. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 52,3. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,75. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 87,8. RĀJA-TAR. 2,142. RĀJA-TAR. 3,364. BHĀG. P. 3,6,37. BHĀG. P. 5,17,3. HIT. 47,12. HIT. 57,20. DAŚAK. 77,16. nidrā˚ PAÑCAT. 202,10. lābhamiveṣṭamāpya R. GORR. 2,2,36. yathecchālābhasaṃtuṣṭa PAÑCAR. 4,8,52. imaṃ labdhavām̐llābham MBH. 1,6474. kaccidabhyāgatā dūrādvaṇijo lābhakāraṇāt MBH. 2,249. MBH. 3,2531. MBH. 4,488. MBH. 13,1640. P. 5,1,47. YĀJÑ. 1,275. YĀJÑ. 2,195. RAGH. 8,92. Spr. 62. Spr. 755. Spr. 1672. Spr. 2299. Spr. 5055 (Gegens. vyaya). VARĀH. BṚH. S. 42,3. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 42,4. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 42,7. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 51,23. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 72,6. KATHĀS. 32,138. BHĀG. P. 1,2,9. BHĀG. P. 1,2,10. MĀRK. P. 33,12. dviguṇa˚ PAÑCAT. 88,8. alpa˚ DHŪRTAS. 76,19. SARVADARŚANAS. 74,13. SARVADARŚANAS. 74,16. SARVADARŚANAS. 75,2. SARVADARŚANAS. 75,6. dharme sthitiḥ paro lābhaḥ R. GORR. 2,18,47. R. GORR. 4,4,12. vartate cottamāṃ vṛttiṃ lakṣmaṇo 'sminsadānagha . dayāvānsarvabhūteṣu lābhastasya mahātmanaḥ .. sein Vortheil so v. a. seine grösste Freude R. SCHL. 2,44,5. lābhālābhau Gewinn und Verlust YĀJÑ. 2,259. BHAG. 2,38. R. 2,22,22. lābhālābhaṃ ca paṇyānām M. 9,331. Am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā): putralābhā (= labdhaputrā NĪLAK.) ca sā patnī na tutoṣa MBH. 1,4197; wir vermuthen, dass ˚lābhācca zu lesen sei. — 3〉 Einnahme so v. a. Eroberung: purāṇām VARĀH. BṚH. S. 7,19. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 30,23. durga˚ HARIV. 6192. — 4〉 Auffassung, Erkenntniss ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 111. SĀH. D. 6,7. BHĀG. P. 1,11,4. BHĀG. P. 5,6,20. BHĀG. P. 5,9,10. BHĀG. P. 5,18,20. BHĀG. P. 6,9,21. BHĀG. P. 7,9,11. KUSUM. 57,11. — 5〉 Bez. des 11ten astr. Hauses (vgl. āya) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 40,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 78,23. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 98,17. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,24. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,31. BṚH. 1,12. BṚH. 9,5. BṚH. 11,17. Ind. St. 2,176. ˚sthāna Verz. d. Oxf. H. 330,b,34. — Vgl. a˚, durlābha, punarlābha (auch R. 5,19,22), bhūmi˚, bhoga˚, mitra˚, yathālābham.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

lābha m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 das Finden, Antreffen. — 2〉 das Bekommen, Kriegen, Erlangung; das Object im Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend. — 3〉 das Erhaltene, Bekommene ĀPAST. — 4〉 Gewinn, Vortheil. — 5〉 Einnahme, so v. a. Eroberung. — 6〉 Auffassung, Erkenntniss KAP. 6,34. — 7〉 das elfte astrol. Haus VARĀH. YOGAY. 4,2. Auch ˚sthāna n.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

lābhaḥ [labh-bhāve ghañ] 1 Gaining, obtaining, acquirement, acquisition; śarīratyāgamātreṇa śuddhilābhamamanyata R. 12. 10; strīratnalābhaṃ R. 7. 34, R. 11. 92; kṣaṇamapyavatiṣṭhate śvasanyadi jaṃturnanu lābhavānasau R. 8. 87. 2 Gain, profit, advantage; sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau Bg. 2. 38; Y. 2. 259. 3 Enjoyment. 4 Capture, conquest. 5 Perception, knowledge, apprehension. Comp. — kara, -kṛt a. profitable, advantageous. — lipsā desire of gain, avarice, covetousness. — lipsu a. 1 greedy, covetous. 2 desirous of gain.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

lābha m. das Erlangen, Finden (Gen. o. —˚); Gewinn, Vorteil; Einnahme, Eroberung.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

lābha lābha m. (labh) acquisition, obtention; gain, profit.

Occurrences in source texts (7)

PJH 4 occurrences
PJH 15-16: Attaining Power, the Joy of Awareness (cidānanda), and Liberation While Living (jīvanmukti) 2 occurrences

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  • PJH 15 Segment 2

    Attested form: lābhe Grammar of the segment: lokative singular

  • PJH 16 Segment 3

    Attested form: lābhe Grammar of the segment: lokative singular

PJH 17-19: Simple Means (sukhopāyas) and Samādhi 2 occurrences

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  • PJH 17 Segment 5

    Attested form: lābhaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

  • PJH 19 Segment 12

    Attested form: lābhaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 2.35–39: Perfected Yamas 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.40–45: Perfected Niyamas 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 5.253-5.260: Haushalter-Abschluss 1 occurrence

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