# लोभ (lobha)

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लोभ (lobha) is a Sanskrit word meaning perplexity, confusion, impatience and eager desire, covetousness, cupidity, or avarice, eager desire, covetousness, cupidity, avarice, or greed, covetousness and greedy desire, desire or longing. Its 17 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Greed, Avarice, Covetousness, Cross-references, Personification / Mythological Figure.

- **Root:** लुभ् (lubh)
- **Etymology:** E. लुभ् to desire or covet, aff. घञ् । — E. lubh to desire or covet, aff. ghañ
- **SLP1:** `loBa`  **IAST:** lobha  **Devanagari:** लोभ
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/lobha/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Greed, Avarice, Covetousness (10 definitions)
- covetousness, cupidity, or avarice  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > covetousness, cupidity, avarice (personified as a son of Puṣṭi or of Dambha and Māyā), in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=183026 ]
- 1. Desire or longing. 2. Impatience. 3. Greed, cupidity, or avarice.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोभ (lobha) [Printed book page 265-2 ] लोभ (lobha) lobh-a, m. [√lubh] desire of, longing for ( g., lc., —° ); impatience ( rare ); greed, cupidity, avarice; -ana, n. allurement, enticement; -anīya, fp. alluring, attractive, charming, by or to ( —° ). [ ID=15690 ]
- Covetousness and greedy desire.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोभ (lobha) [Printed book page 725 ] लोभ (lobha) m. ( - भः (-bhaḥ) ) Covetousness, cupidity, intense or greedy desire. E. लुभ (lubha) to desire or covet, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=33141 ]
- Covetousness  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोभ (lobha) [Printed book page 648-a ] लोभ (lobha) ( भः ) ((bhaḥ)) 1. m. Covetousness. [ ID=32724 ]
- 1. Greed. 2. Desire.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोभ (lobha) [Printed book page 631-19 ] लोभ (lobha) m. 1. Avarice, greediness, greed, M. ii.178; 2. desire for, आननस्पर्शलोभ (lobha) ात् (ānanasparśalobhāt) Megh. ii.40. [ ID=33002 ]
- Covetousness, greed, or intense desire  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोभ (lobha) [Printed book page 622-a ] लोभ (lobha) m. ( - भः (-bhaḥ) ) Covetousness, cupidity, intense or greedy desire. E. लुभ् (lubh) to desire or covet, aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=34595 ]
- Covetousness  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोभ (lobha) [Printed book page 0802-b ] लोभ (lobha) lobha, i. e. lubh + a, m. Covet- ousness, Man. 2, 178; Pañc. ii. d. 168. — Comp. A-, m. absence of de- sire, contentment, Hit. i. d. 7, M.M. Ati-, m. too great covetousness, Pañc. v. d. 20. [ ID=12521 ]
- greed, avarice, impatience, strong desire  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोभ (lobha) [Printed book page 466 ] लोभ (lobha) m. greed, avarice, impatience, strong desire of ( gen., loc., —°). [ ID=27779 ]
- strong desire, greed, avarice  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > लोभ (lobha) [Printed book page 235-b ] lobha, m. strong desire; greed, avarice. [ √lubh. ] [ ID=3643 ]
- 1. Eager desire, covetousness, cupidity, avarice, or greed. 2. Avarice personified as a son of Pushti or of Dambha and Maya.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > लोभ (lobha) [Printed book page 0870-b ] 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.). —Lobha-mañjarī, f. the pearl of covetous- ness. —Lobha-mohita, as, ā, am, beguiled by covet- ousness, infatuated through avarice. —Lobha-viraha, as, m. absence of avarice; ( as, ā, am ), free from cupidity. —Lobhākṛṣṭa (°bha-āk°), as, ā, am, attracted by greediness, tempted by covetousness. —Lobhānvita (°bha-an°), as, ā, am, possessed of covetousness, avaricious, greedy. —Lobhābhipātin (°bha-abh°), ī, inī, i, hastening through eager desire, rushing greedily. —Lobhotkarṣa (°bha-ut°), as, m. excess of avarice, excessive greed or avarice. [ ID=40609 ]

### Cross-references (2 definitions)
- See page 905  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 908,1] लोभ (lobha) b लोभ (lobha) न (lobhana) &c. See p. 905, col. 1. [ ID=183639 ]
- See page 870, column 2.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0873-b ] लोभ (lobha) lobha, lobhin, lobhya. See p. 870, col. 2. [ ID=40732 ]

### Personification / Mythological Figure (2 definitions)
- born of Brahma's lower lip  
  *The Purana Index*
  > लोभ (lobha) [Printed book page 3-127 ] Lobha (I) — born of Brahmā's lower lip. Bhā. III. 12. 26; M. 3. 10. [ ID=12005 ]
- born of Lambha and Maya  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Lobha (II) — born of Lambha and Māyā. Bhā. IV. 8. 3. [ ID=12006 ]

### Epithet of Śiva (1 definition)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > लोभ (lobha) [Printed book page 446-2 ] Lobha = Śiva (1000 names 1 ). [ ID=6476 ]

### Perplexity, Confusion (1 definition)
- perplexity, confusion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 905,1] लोभ (lobha) a m. perplexity, confusion (see अ - ल् (a-l) ° (°) ) [ ID=183024 ]

### Strong Desire, Longing, Impatience (1 definition)
- impatience and eager desire  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > impatience, eager desire for or longing after ( gen. loc. or comp. ), Manu-smṛti (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=183025 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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