Lambati: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

lambati : (lab +ṃ-a) hangs down; suspends.

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

Lambati, (lamb; cp. Lat. limbus “limb, ” which may be also in E. limp, lit. “hanging down. ” — The Dhtp defines the root as “ramba lamba avasaṃsane” (No. 199), as does Dhtm 284) to hang down, to droop, fall Mhvs 32, 70 (laggāni lambiṃsu), 71 (ākāse lambamānāni). ‹-› Fut. lambahīti (poet.) J. V, 302 (=lambissati).—Caus. lambeti to cause to hang up or to be suspended, to hang up Mhvs 34, 48.—Caus. II. lambāpeti id. Mhvs 21, 15.—pp. lambita.—Cp. abhi°, pa°, 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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