| YouTube Channel

अलम्बु (alambu)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
alambu, or āl°, or alāmbu, or āl° (= Skt. and Pali alābu, Skt. Lex. ālābu), bottle-gourd: Mv 〔ii.126.4〕
〔127.8〕
〔128.13〕
〔129.15〕 (in all these tiktāl°)
〔232.3〕
°bu-śreṇi, row of gourds (used as a raft), Mv 〔iii.68.6〕 (°iyaṃ, acc. sg.)
〔78.3〕 (°iyo, acc. pl.). Initial ā in one ms. 〔iii.68.6〕
short a 〔iii.78.3〕, and Senart with v.l. 〔68.6〕 (tiktalāmbu mss. 〔ii.129.15〕)
otherwise saṃdhi makes quantity undetermined. In second syllable mss. regularly -āmb-
-amb- only 〔ii.232.3〕
-āb- in one ms. only 〔ii.126.4〕
〔iii.68.6〕
Senart usually prints -āb-.