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लभते
लभते
Sanskrit
Verb
लभते • (labhate) (root √labh, class-1 Ā)
- to take, seize, catch
- to catch sight of, meet with, find
- with अन्तरम् (antaram) — to find an opportunity, make an impression, be effective
- with अवकाशम् (avakāśam) — to find scope, be appropriate
- with कालम् (kālam) — to find the right time or moment
- to gain possession of, obtain, receive, conceive, get, receive ("from" +ablative; "as" +accusative), recover ib.
- with गर्भम् (garbham) — to conceive an embryo, become pregnant
- with पदम् (padam) — to obtain a footing
- to gain the power of (doing anything), succeed in, be permitted or allowed to (+infinitive or dative)
- labhate draṣṭum, or darśanāya — he is able or allowed to see
- to possess, have
- to perceive, know, understand, learn, find out
- (passive voice) to be taken or caught or met with or found or got or obtained
- to be allowed or permitted (infinitive sometimes with passive sense)
- nā-dharmo labhyate kartum — injustice ought not to be done
- to follow, result
- to be comprehended by (+ablative)
- (causative) to cause to take or receive or obtain, give, bestow (generally with two accusatives; rarely with accusative and instrumental = to present with)
- to get, procure (compare लम्भित (lambhita))
- to find out, discover
- to cause to suffer
- (desiderative) to wish to seize or take or catch or obtain or receive (with accusative or genitive; "from" +ablative)
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0896