# सुलभा (sulabhā)

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

- **SLP1:** `sulaBA`  **IAST:** sulabhā  **Devanagari:** सुलभा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulabha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sulabha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** सुलाभ (sulābha), सुलभ (sulabha)

## Meanings by context

### Plant Names (Sulabhā) (4 definitions)
- sacred basil  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 1232,3] सु (su) — लभा (—labhā) ( आ (ā) ), f. sacred basil, L. [ ID=248795 ]
- Glycine debilis  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Glycine Debilis, L. [ ID=248796 ]
- Jasminum sambac  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Jasminum Sambac, L. [ ID=248797 ]
- smoke-leaf  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = धूम्र - पत्त्रा (dhūmra-pattrā), L. [ ID=248798 ]

### Adjective: Easily obtainable/suitable (3 definitions)
- easily obtainable, accessible, feasible, common, or trivial  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1232,3] सु (su) — लभ (—labha) mf( आ (ā) )n. easy to be obtained or effected, easily accessible or attainable, feasible, easy, common, trivial, MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=248790 ]
- fit or suitable for, useful, advantageous  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > fit or suitable for, answering to (mostly comp. ), useful, advantageous, Kāv.; Kathās. &c. [ ID=248791 ]
- 1. Easy to obtain or attain. 2. Natural, proper, or suitable.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सुलभ (sulabha) ा (sulabhā) [Printed book page 788-01 ] सुलभ (sulabha) a. (f. भा (bhā) ) 1. Easy of acquisition or attainment, feasible, attainable, न सुलभ (sulabha) ा (sulabhā) सकलेंदुमुखी च किमपि चेदमनंगविचेष्टितम् (na sulabhā sakaleṃdumukhī ca kimapi cedamanaṃgaviceṣṭitam) Vikr. ii., K.S. v.69; 2. suitable, proper, fit, natural to, चरणोपभोगसुलभ (sulabha) ो लाक्षारसः केनचित् (caraṇopabhogasulabho lākṣārasaḥ kenacit) Sak. iv. [ ID=41193.1 ]

### Proper Name: Sulabhā (female sage) (3 definitions)
- name of a female teacher  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a female teacher, GṛS. [ ID=248799 ]
- of a female mendicant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a female mendicant, MBh. [ ID=248800 ]
- a female mendicant  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > सुलभा (sulabhā) [Printed book page 657-1 ] Sulabhā, a female mendicant. § 709 b (Sulabhā-Janakasaṃv.): XII, 321, 11854 ( Janakasya saṃvādaṃ S°āyāś ca ), 11858 ( bhikṣukī ), 11867, 11928, 11929, (11930), 12034 (discourse between S. and Janaka). [ ID=10260 ]

### Proper Name: Sulabha (man) (1 definition)
- A man's name  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a man, Buddh. [ ID=248794 ]

### Sacrificial Fire (Sulabha) (1 definition)
- the fire at a domestic sacrifice  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सु (su) — लभ (—labha) m. the fire at a domestic sacrifice, L. [ ID=248793 ]

### Textual Note (1 definition)
- A wrong reading for subhaga.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > w.r. for सु - भग (su-bhaga), Vikramorvaśī (Title) ii, 6 [ ID=248792 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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