Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Lobhana in India is the name of a plant defined with Vateria indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vateria indica C.F. Gaertn. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Tetrahedron
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
· Hortus Malabaricus
· Tetrahedron Letters (5909)
· Suppl. Carp. (1805)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Lobhana, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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

Lobhana, (nt.) (fr. lobha) being greedy Th. 2, 343 (=lobh’uppāda ThA. 240). (Page 588)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

lōbhāna (लोभान).—m lōbhāna ūda or lōbhānī ūda m ( A A) Olibanum, Resin of Boswellia serrata, Rox. 2 A blackish and fine kind of Benzoin.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

lōbhāna (लोभान).—m Olibanum. Benzoin.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Lobhana (लोभन).—a. (-nī f.) Alluring, enticing.

-nam [lubhlyuṭ]

1) Allurement, temptation, seduction, enticement.

2) Gold.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lobhana (लोभन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Allurement, temptation. 2. Gold.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lobhana (लोभन).—[neuter] alluring, enticing.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Lobhana (लोभन):—[from lubh] mfn. alluring, enticing, attracting, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [from lubh] n. allurement, enticement, temptation, [Rāmāyaṇa; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]

3) [v.s. ...] gold, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Lobhana in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Lōbhāna (ಲೋಭಾನ):—[noun] = ಲೋಬಾನ [lobana].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Lobhanaka, Lobhanauda, Lobhanaya.

Ends with: Anavalobhana, Avalobhana, Palobhana, Pralobhana, Samlobhana, Upapralobhana, Vilobhana, Vipralobhana.

Full-text: Pralobhana, Vilobhana, Lobana, Lohabhanauda, Lobana Uda, Lobani Uda, Lohabandi Uda, Lohabhani Uda, Avalobhana, Upapralobhana, Lobhani, Pralobhani, Lobha.

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