Labu, Lābu, Lābū: 7 definitions
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Labu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, biology. 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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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Labu in Philippines is the name of a plant defined with Lagenaria siceraria in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cucurbita idolatrica Willd. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Saggio sulla Storia Naturale del Chili (1782)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1828)
· Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. (1937)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1892)
· Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève (1825)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Labu, for example side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, health benefits, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarylābu : (f.) gourd.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryLābu, (f.) & Lābuka=lāpu (alābu) gourd or pumpkin, often used as receptacle J. I, 158 (°ka), 411 (°kumbhaṇḍa vesseḷ made of the gourd); V, 37 (°ka), 155 (addha-lābu-samā thanā); DhA. II, 59 (°ka); SnA 227 (lābumhi catumadhuraṃ pūretukāmo).
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLābu (लाबु) or Lābū (लाबू).—A kind of gourd.
Derivable forms: lābuḥ (लाबुः), lābūḥ (लाबूः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Lābu (लाबु):—or lābū f. = alābu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Lābū (लाबू):—or lābu f. = alābu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+2): Labuag, Labuda, Labudha, Labugamaka, Labuja, Labujadayaka, Labujagama, Labujamandaka, Labujaphaladayaka, Labuk, Labuka, Labukataha, Labukayana, Labuki, Labunakara, Labungo, Labunoruva, Labur, Laburaun, Laburnum.
Ends with (+9): Adalabu, Alabu, Bhakshyalabu, Elabu, Galabu, Gejjeyalabu, Ghatalabu, Halabu, Holabu, Jalabu, Julabu, Kalabu, Katalabu, Katukalabu, Kilabu, Kolalabu, Matalabu, Nagalabu, Nattelabu, Natyalabu.
Full-text: Lavu, Labuki, Labukataha, Kumbhanda, Tittaka, Lata.
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