Lamb: 9 definitions
Introduction:
Lamb means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Lamb in India is the name of a plant defined with Aristida depressa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
2) Lamb is also identified with Heteropogon contortus It has the synonym Andropogon glaber (Pers.) Raspail, nom. illeg., non Andropogon glaber Roxb. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana (1885)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1854)
· New Phytologist (1873)
· Systema Vegetabilium ed. 15 (1817)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1885)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Lamb, for example extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, 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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLamb (लम्ब्).—1 Ā. (lambate, lambita)
1) To hang down, hang from, dangle; ऋषयो ह्यत्र लम्बते (ṛṣayo hyatra lambate) Mb.
2) To be attached to, stick to, hold on to, rest on; ललम्बिरे सदसिलताः प्रिया इव (lalambire sadasilatāḥ priyā iva) Śiśupālavadha 7.25; प्रस्थानं ते कथमपि सखे लम्बमानस्य भावि (prasthānaṃ te kathamapi sakhe lambamānasya bhāvi) Meghadūta 43. (where lamba° means 'hanging down towards' or 'resting upon' the back or hips).
3) To go down, sink, decline or hang down (as the sun), fall down; लम्बमाने दिवाकरे (lambamāne divākare); Śiśupālavadha 9.2; Kirātārjunīya 9.1; त्वदधरचुम्बनलम्बितकज्जलमुज्ज्वलय प्रिय लोचने (tvadadharacumbanalambitakajjalamujjvalaya priya locane) Gītagovinda 12 (= galita).
4) To fall or lag behind.
5) To delay, tarry.
6) To sound. -Caus. (lambayati-te)
1) To let down, cause to hang down.
2) To hang up, suspend.
3) To stretch out, extend (as the hand); करेण वातायन- लम्बितेन (kareṇa vātāyana- lambitena) R.13.21; को लम्बयेदाहरणाय हस्तम् (ko lambayedāharaṇāya hastam) 6.75.
4) To cause to be attached, join.
5) To depress. -With उद् (ud) to stand up, stand erect : पादेनैकेन गगने द्वितीयेन च भूतले । तिष्ठाम्युल्लम्बितस्तावद्यावत्तिष्ठति भास्करः (pādenaikena gagane dvitīyena ca bhūtale | tiṣṭhāmyullambitastāvadyāvattiṣṭhati bhāskaraḥ) Mṛcchakaṭika 2.1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryLamb (लम्ब्).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] ([Parasmaipada.], [Pañcatantra] 107, 25). 1. To fall, Mahābhārata 2, 2187. 2. To set (as the sun), [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 33, 20. 3. To hang downwards, [Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 36. 4. † To sound. Ptcple. of the pres. lambamāna. 1. Depending, [Pañcatantra] 259, 7. 2. Being large or bulky, [Pañcatantra] 136, 1.
— With the prep. ava ava, 1. To fall, Mahābhārata 1, 1035; to descend, [Hitopadeśa] 25, 5, M.M. 2. To set, Mahābhārata 4, 1040. 3. To rest upon, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 5, 11. 4. To lean on, to be supported, Mahābhārata 1, 8443. 5. To suspend, [Pañcatantra] 252, 10. 6. To support, to hold, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 86, 21; [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 49, 16. 7. To take, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 108, 19. With dhairyam, a. To take courage, [Hitopadeśa] 13, 19. b. To keep firm, i. e. to yield not, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 34, 4. 8. To choose, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 70, 14. avalambita, 1. Hanging, [Pañcatantra] 116, 23. 2. Hanging with the head downwards, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 15, 18. 3. Supported, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 7, 5. 4. Depended upon, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 143, M.M. [Causal.] To support, [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] 31, 2; to hold, 42, 6.
— With samava sam-ava, To support, Mahābhārata 3, 10988.
— With ā ā, 1. To lean on, to depend upon,
— With samā sam-ā, 1. To suspend, [Pañcatantra] 144, 23. 2. To maintain, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 193, M.M. 3. To take, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 55, 19. 4. To dwell, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 211, M.M.
— With ud ud, ullambita, Hanging (between heaven and earth), [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 33, 19.
— With samud sam-ud, samullambita, Hanging, 34, 2.
— With pra pra, pralambita, Hanging.
— With prati prati, To suspend, [Pañcatantra] 98, 4.
— With vi vi, To tarry, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 18, 21; [Pañcatantra] 84, 10. a-vilambita, adj. Without delay, [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] 53, 13; [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 79, 13. [Causal.] 1. To suspend, [Pañcatantra] 116, 19. 2. To delay, iii. [distich] 232.
— With pravi pra-vi, [Pañcatantra] 98, 4; erroneous reading, see my transl. n. 480.
— Cf. [Latin] labi; [Anglo-Saxon.] limpian, ge-limp; Engl. To limp.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryLamb (लम्ब्).—lambate (lambati) [participle] lambita (q.v.) hang down, sink; hang upon, cling to ([locative], [with] raśmiṣu let free); stay behind, tarry, lag, linger. [Causative] laṃmbayati hang up, suspend; [with] karam put the hand to ([dative]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Lamb (लम्ब्):—1. lamb (cf. √1. ramb) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhātupāṭha x, 15]) lambate (mc. also ti; [perfect tense] lalambe, [Mahābhārata] etc.; [Aorist] alambiṣṭa [grammar]; [future] lambitā, [ib.]; lambiṣyati, [Mahābhārata]; [infinitive mood] lambitum, [ib.]; [indeclinable participle] -lambya, [ib.]),
—to hang down, depend, dangle, hang from or on ([locative case]), [Suparṇādhyāya; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to sink, go down, decline, fall, set (as the sun), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
—to be fastened or attached to, cling to, hold or rest on ([locative case]), [ib.];
—to fall or stay behind, be retarded, [Sūryasiddhānta];
—to tag, loiter, delay, tarry, [Mahābhārata] :—[Causal] lambayati ([Aorist] alalambat), to cause to hang down or depend, let down, [Kathāsaritsāgara];
—to hang up, suspend, [ib.];
—to cause to be attached or joined, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary];
—to stretch out, extend (the hand) for ([dative case]), [Raghuvaṃśa];
— ([probably]) to depress, discourage, [Mahābhārata i, 1445] ([Calcutta edition] laṅghayitvā for lambayitvā) :—[Desiderative] lilambiṣate, to be about to sink or decline, [Harṣacarita] [varia lectio]
2) cf. [Greek] λοβός; [Latin] labi, labare, labes; [German] lappa, Lappen; [English] lap, limp.
3) 2. lamb (cf. √2. ramb) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] lambate, to sound, [Dhātupāṭha x, 15.]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Lamb (लम्ब्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āyalla.
[Sanskrit to German]
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryLamb in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a perpendicular; (a) long; an allomorph of [lamba; ~karna] having long ears; ~[kesha] having long hair; ~[ta:] perpendicularly; -[tadamga] strapping, tall and tough; ~[ta] perpendicularity; ~[na] lengthening; prolonging, pending; ~[mana] prolonged; perpendicular; pendent..—lamb (लंब) is alternatively transliterated as Laṃba.
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Starts with (+171): Lamb mint, Lamb-koranti, Lamb-pankusum, Lamba, Lamba-karnna, Lamba-pataha, Lambaa, Lambabija, Lambacauda, Lambachoda, Lambaculaka, Lambada, Lambadama, Lambadanta, Lambadi, Lambadiga, Lambaghanta, Lambagu, Lambaguna, Lambahasta.
Ends with: Alamb, Avalamb, Avilamb, Kalamb, Niralamb, Niravalamb, Parilamb, Pralamb, Pranilamb, Pratilamb, Pravilamb, Samalamb, Samavalamb, Ullamb, Vilamb, Vyalamb.
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Search found 51 books and stories containing Lamb; (plurals include: Lambs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Saying 60 - A Parable Of A Samaritan And A Lamb
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Chapter 14 - Brahma’s Creation < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]
Periamalai < [April 1963]
The Right Arm < [April - June 1976]
Tears and Smiles in Charles Lamb < [July – September 1976]
A Manual of Khshnoom (by Phiroz Nasarvanji Tavaria)
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The civilization of Babylonia and Assyria (by Morris Jastrow)