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लब (laba)

 
Capeller Eng
English
लब॑
m.
 a
cert.
 bird.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
लब - laba -
m.
 - quail
Wilson
English
लब(इ)लबि r. 1st cl. (लंबते)
1 To sound.
2 To fall or tumble, to be prostrate.
With अव prefixed,
1 To hold, to support.
2 To hang from or on, to depend from.
3 To rest upon.
4 To hang with the head downwards.
With आङ्, To trust in, to depend on.
With वि, To delay, to detain.
Apte
English
लबः [labḥ],
Ved.
 A quail.
Apte 1890
English
लबः Ved. A quail.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
लब॑
m.
 a quail,
VS.
(with ऐन्द्र)
N.
 of the supposed author of
RV.
 x, 119
Anukr.
Monier Williams 1872
English
लब लब, अस्, m., Ved. a quail [cf. लव]
N. of the author of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 119,
(his patronymic is Aindra.)
—लब-सूक्त, अम्, n.,
N. of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 119.
Macdonell
English
लब labá,
m.
 (V.) quail (perdix chinensis)
🞄N. of the author of a hymn.
Vedic Reference
English
Laba, ‘quail’ (Perdix chinensis) is one of the victims at the
Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda.^1
1) Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 14, 5
Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 24. Cf.
Nirukta, vii. 2, where Rv. x. 119 is
called the Labasūkta
the Anukramaṇī
(Index), too, gives Aindra Laba as the
author of that hymn. Cf. Bṛhaddevatā,
viii. 40, with Macdonell's note. Cf.
Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 90.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
लब, इ ङ स्रंसने । शब्दे । इति कविकल्पद्रुमः ॥
(भ्वा०-आत्म०-अवलम्बने सक०-शब्दे अक०-सेट् ।) इ, लम्ब्यते । ङ, लम्बते । स्रंसनमिहा-वलम्बनमिति गोविन्दभट्टः । ननाद चरणायुध-स्तदपि मौनमालम्बसे । इति दुर्गादासः ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
लब आलम्बने
सक०
 शब्दे अक०
भ्वा०
 आत्म० सेट् इदित् ।लम्बते अलम्बिष्ट ।
Capeller
German
लब॑
n.
 ein best. Vogel.