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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

labhati : (labh + a) gets; obtains; attains.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Labhati, (later Vedic labh for older rabh, cp. rabhate, rabha, rabhasa. Related are Gr. lambάnw to get, lάfuron booty; Lat. rabies=E. rabies; Lith. lõbis wealth.—The Dhtp (204) simply defines as “lābhe. ” On the Prk. forms see Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 484.—See also rabhasa) 1. (the very frequent & ordinary meaning) to get, to receive, obtain, acquire.—2. (fig.) to obtain permission, to receive an opportunity, etc., as “pabbajituṃ sace lacchāmi” if I am allowed to receive the pabbajjā Mhvs 18, 5; or “labhamāno niccam pi khāditu-kāmo ‘mhi” if I get the chance I should always like to eat J. I, 478; and passim (cp. Pass. labbhati below). The paradigma of labhati shows a great variety of forms owing to its frequent occurrence (cp. E. “get”). We have selected the most interesting ones. Pres. Ind. labhati rare (late, e.g. Vism. 136); usually med labhate Th. 1, 35; Sn. 185, 439; 1^st sg. labhe Pv. I, 6⁴; 2^nd sg. labhase J. II, 220; 3^rd pl. labhare S. I, 110.—ppr. med. labhamāna S. I, 122 (otāraṃ a°, cp. IV. 178; M. I, 334); also in Pass. sense “getting taken” PvA. 71.—Opt. 3^rd sg. labhe Sn. 458, & (med.) labhetha Sn. 45, 46, 217; Pv. II, 9⁷; also (usual form) labheyya PvA. 115. 2^nd sg. med. labhetho (=Sk. °thāh) Sn. 833.—Imper. 2^nd sg. labha It. 77; 3^rd labhatu PvA. 112; med. 2^nd sg. labhassu Th. 2, 432; 3^rd sg. labhataṃ D. II, 150; 1^st pl. (as Hortative) labhāmase Pv. I, 5⁵ (=labhāma PvA. 27); & labhāmhase Pv III, 2²⁴.—Fut. 3^rd sg. lacchasi (Sk. lapsyati) S. I, 114; Pv. II, 4⁶; III, 3⁷; J. II, 60 (Māro otāraṃ l.), 258; Miln. 126; DhA. I, 29; SnA 405; ThA. 69 (Ap.); 1^st sg. lacchāmi M. II, 71; 2^nd sg. lacchasi Vv 83⁵; Pv IV. 1⁶⁰; 1^st pl. lacchāma J. I, 54; IV, 292; & lacchāmase (med.) Vv 32⁹. Also (the Com. form) labhissati PvA. 190; VvA. 136.—Cond. 1^st pl. alabhissāma J. III, 35; med. 3^rd sg. alabhissatha D. II, 63.—Pret. (& aor.) (a) 3^rd sg. alattha D. I, 176 (alattha pabbajjaṃ); M. II, 49; S. IV, 302; J. IV, 310; VvA. 66, 69; 1^st sg. alatthaṃ D. II, 268; Vv 81²²; Th. 1, 747; DhA. III, 313; 2^nd sg. alattha S. I, 114; 1^st pl. alatthamha M. II, 63; 3^rd pl. alatthuṃ D. II, 274, & alatthaṃsu S. I, 48.—(b) (Prohib.) mā laddhā (3^rd sg. med.) shall not receive (Sk. alabdha) J. III, 138. ‹-› (c) labhi Sn. 994; 1^st sg. labhiṃ Th. 1, 218; 2, 78; J. II, 154; VvA. 68; & alabhitthaṃ Th. 1, 217; 3^rd sg. alabhittha Pv. I, 7⁷ (spelt bbh); 1^st pl. labhimhā (for labhimha) D. II, 147.—Inf. laddhuṃ J. II, 352; DhA. III, 117; PvA. 96.—Ger. laddhā (poet.) Sn. 306, 388, 766, 924; laddhāna (poet.) Sn. 67 (=laddhā, labhitvā Nd² 546); It. 65; and (ord.) labhitva J. I, 150; III, 332; PvA. 95. ‹-› Grd. (a): labbhiya (only neg. alabbhiya what cannot be got) J. IV, 86; Pv. II, 6⁹; labbhaneyya (a°) (in Com. style as explanation of labbhanīya) J. IV, 86 (°ṭhāna); PvA. 65 (°vatthu), 96 (id.); and labbhanīya (as a°-ṭṭhānāni impossible things) A. III, 54 sq. (five such items), 60 sq. (id.); J. IV, 59.—(b): laddhabba J. III, 332; PvA. 112, 252.—(c): laddheyya Pv IV. 3²⁵.—Caus. labbheti (for *lābheti, a diff. formⁿ fr. Sk. lambhayati, which is found in P. pa-lambheti) to make someone get, to procure, in 1^st sg. aor. alabbhesi Vin. IV, 5=J. I, 193; DhA. III, 213 (v. l. labh°); and in pres. 3^rd sg. labbheti J. III, 353 (=adhigameti C.).—Pass. labbhati (fig.) to be permitted, to be possible or proper; (or simply: ) it is to be Mhvs 30, 43; KhA 192 (vattuṃ), 207 (id.).—pp. laddha.—Cp. upa°, pati°, vi°. (Page 581)

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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.

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Ends with: Kapalabhati, Patilabhati, Upalabhati.

Full-text (+8): Lacchati, Laddha, Labhissati, Labhanta, Laddhana, Labhitum, Labhitva, Laddhum, Labhi, Abhivindati, Labbhamanatta, Samupalabh, Samijjhati, Otara, Labh, Patilabhati, Lambheti, Ina, Kilissati, Gadha.

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