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सुलभाsulabhā

सुलभा (sulabhā) is a Sanskrit word meaning easily obtainable, accessible, feasible, common, or trivial, fit or suitable for, useful, advantageous, a wrong reading for subhaga, the fire at a domestic sacrifice, a man's name, sacred basil. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Plant Names (Sulabhā), Adjective: Easily obtainable/suitable, Proper Name: Sulabhā (female sage).

Definitions
13
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Meanings by context

Plant Names (Sulabhā)

4 definitions
sacred basil

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Glycine debilis

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Jasminum sambac

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

smoke-leaf

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Adjective: Easily obtainable/suitable

3 definitions
easily obtainable, accessible, feasible, common, or trivial

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

fit or suitable for, useful, advantageous

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Easy to obtain or attain. 2. Natural, proper, or suitable.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Proper Name: Sulabhā (female sage)

3 definitions
name of a female teacher

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a female mendicant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a female mendicant

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Proper Name: Sulabha (man)

1 definition
A man's name

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Sacrificial Fire (Sulabha)

1 definition
the fire at a domestic sacrifice

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Textual Note

1 definition
A wrong reading for subhaga.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.