Hambho: 3 definitions
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Hambho means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryhambho : a particle used in addressing equals.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryHambho, (indecl.) (haṃ+bho) a particle expressing surprise or haughtiness J.I, 184, 494. See also ambho. (Page 729)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryHambho (हम्भो).—also hambhoḥ, interj. (Pali hambho, according to [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] ‘expressing surprise or haughtiness’; AMg. id., merely saṃbodhanārthaka according to [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]; Pali ambho, merely in attracting attention, but also in both pejorative and ameliorative implications, Critical Pali Dictionary), expressive of (1) mere emphatic address, vigorously calling attention, hey there! look here! see here! Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.49.22; haṃbho…yuktam idaṃ bhavataḥ Divyāvadāna 383.4; haṃbhoḥ Puṣkarasārin svāgatam 621.26 (Divyāvadāna prints haṃ bhoḥ as two words, perhaps rightly); hambho vaṇijaḥ (a question follows) Avadāna-śataka ii.202.2; haṃbho (text as two words) tāta Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 190.2 (to the speak- er's grandfather); haṃbho Mahābrahma (mss. °me) Mahāvastu iii.215.1; (2) grief, alas! Mahāvastu iii.204.16 (said by a king on learning of the death of his valued purohita); (3) scornful incredulity: hambho (so read with mss.) na śraddadhāmy ahaṃ Mahāvastu ii.176.5 (verse), wrongly em. by Senart; same verse in Pali Jātaka (Pali) iii.62.18 ambho na kira saddheyyaṃ.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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