Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

lobha लोभ – greed

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

greed

Derived from

  1. lubh लुभ् verbal root — covet; be greedy
  2. a अ suffix — nominal-forming suffix -a
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

lobha ·m. greed, avarice, impatience, strong desire of (gen., loc., --°).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Lobha, as, m. eager desire or wish, covetousness, cupidity, avarice, greediness, greed; Avarice perso- nified (as a son of Puṣṭi or of Dambha and Māyā); desire for or after (with gen. or at the end of a comp.).

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

lobha lobha, lobhin, lobhya. See p. 870, col. 2.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

lobha (von lubh) m. 1〉 Gier, Habsucht: matsara iti lobhanāma NIR. 2,5. H. 430. MAITRYUP. 3,5. M. 2,178. M. 3,51. M. 3,179. M. 7,49. M. 8,118. M. 8,120. M. 8,213. M. 8,219. u. s. w. MBH. 3,12039. MBH. 3,15707. R. 2,58,24. R. 3,49,10. SUŚR. 1,12,19. SUŚR. 1,94,14. TATTVAS. 20. YOGAS. 2,34. Spr. 1137. fgg. Spr. 1263. Spr. 2685. fgg. Spr. 4960. AK. 2,7,52. KATHĀS. 18,306. BHĀG. P. 1,15,37. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 123,a,24. HIT. 10,10. HIT. 32,5. SARVADARŚANAS. 37,2. jaṅgama˚ DHŪRTAS. 70,3. Personificirt ein Kind der Puṣṭi VP. 55. MĀRK. P. 50,26. des Dambha und der Māyā BHĀG. P. 4,8,3. — 2〉 Verlangen nach (gen. loc. oder im comp. vorangehend): hayajñānasya MBH. 3,2835. kaṅkaṇasya HIT. I, 4. vane, phaleṣu R. 4,16,24. KATHĀS. 121,101 (sa˚ adj.). apatya˚ M. 5,161. rājya˚ R. 2,72,14. gīta˚ Spr. 2998. ānanasparśa˚ MEGH. 101. ŚĀK. 15,16. VET. in LA. (III) 20,19. rūpa˚ KATHĀS. 33,185. pratipannārthalobhataḥ KATHĀS. 18,305. HIT. 10,4. — Vgl. a˚, ati˚, dhana˚, nirlobha.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

lobha m. — 1〉 Verwirrung in 1. alobha 1〉. — 2〉 Verlangen nach (Gen., Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend.) — 3〉 heftiges Verlangen, so v. a. Ungeduld Chr. 52,11. [Page5-236-c] — 4〉 Gier, Habsucht. Personificirt als ein Sohn der Puṣṭi oder des Dambha und der Māyā.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

lobhaḥ [lubh-bhāve ghañ] 1 Covetousness, avarice, greed, cupidity; lobhaścedaguṇena kiṃ Bh. 2. 55. 2 Desire for, longing after (with gen. or in comp.); kaṃkaṇasya tu lobhena H. 1. 5; ārśalobhāt Me. 103. 3 Avarice personified (one of the six enemies of man). Comp. — anvita a. covetous, greedy, avaricious. — ātman a. greedy-minded, avaricious. — virahaḥ absence of avarice; H. 1.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

lobha m. Begierdem, Habsucht, Verlangen nach (Gen., Loc., o. —˚).

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

lobha lobha m. (lubh) désir d'acquérir; cupidité, convoitise. lobhanīya a. (sfx. anīya) désirable. lobhayāmi; pqp. alūlubham, (c. de lubh) faire désirer, exciter qqn. à désirer qqc. 2 ac. Remplir de désirs, ac. lobhin a. (sfx. in) désireux, avide. lobhya a. (sfx. ya) désirable. — S. m. phaseolus mungo, bot.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 101–109: Śiva-Identity 1 occurrence

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