The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

L!pin
L!pin ( -- ˚) (adj.) [fr. lap] talking (silly) S iii.143 (b!la˚).
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L!pu
L!pu (f.) [short for al!pu or âl!bu, cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 396] a kind of cucumber J i.336, 341. See also
l!buka. -- lat! the cucumber creeper or plant Miln 374.
L!peti
L!peti: see lapati & cp. upal!peti.
L!bu
L!bu (f.) & L!buka=l!pu (al!bu) gourd or pumpkin, often used as receptacle J i.158 (˚ka), 411
(˚kumbha*.a vesse) made of the gourd); v.37 (˚ka), 155 (addha -- l!bu -- sam! than!); DhA ii.59 (˚ka);
SnA 227 (l!bumhi catumadhura' p(retuk!mo). -- ka&!ha a gourd as receptacle Vism 255, 359; VbhA 63.
L!bha
L!bha [fr. labh] receiving, getting, acquisition, gain, possession; pl. possessions D i.8; ii.58, 61; M i.508
(!rogya -- param! l!bh!); iii.39; A i.74; iv.157 sq., 160 (l!bhena abhibh(to pariy!dinnacitto Devadatto, cp.
J i.185 sq.); Sn 31, 438, 828, 854, 1014, 1046 (cp. Nd2 548); It 67 (vitta˚); J iii.516 (yasa˚, dhana˚); Vism
93, 136 (˚' labhati), 150 (˚assa bh!gin getting riches); PvA 113, 280. -- A dat. sg. l!bh! (for l!bh!ya) is
used adverbially with foll. genitive in meaning of "for my (our) gain," "it is profitable," "good for me that"
etc.; e. g. Miln 17 (l!bh! no t!ta, suladdha' no t!ta), 232 (l!bh! vata t!sa' devat!na'); A iii.313 (l!bh! vata
me suladdha' vata me), expld at Vism 223; DhA i.98 (l!bh! vata me, elliptically); ii.95 (l. vata no ye
maya' . . . upa&&hahimha). -- agga highest gain J iii.125; Miln 21. -- !s! desire for gain A i.86. -- kamy!
(abl. out of desire for gain Sn 854, 929 (=l!bha -- hetu Nd1 389). -- ta*h! craving for possession DhA
iv.38. -- macchariya selfishness in acquisitions A iii.273; D iii.234; Pug 19, 23; Dhs 1122. -- mada pride of
gain VbhA 466. -- sakk!ra gain and honour, usually combd with ˚siloka fame; the two first e. g. at Vin
ii.196; It 73; J i.185, 186; v.75; the three combd e. g. at M i.192; S ii.227, 237; A ii.73; iii.343 sq., 377; Vbh
352 sq.; l!bha -- siloka alone at Vism 67.
L!bhaka
L!bhaka (adj. nt.) [fr. l!bha] one who receives; reception; a˚ not getting, non -- receiving Vin iii.77.
L!bh!
L!bh! see under l!bha.
L!bhin
L!bhin (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. labha] receiving, getting, having, possessed of M iii.39 (as n. "a receiver,
recipient"); A i.24; ii.85; iv.400; Pug 51; Vbh 332 (nik!ma˚); J i.140. -- 2. one who has intuition either in
reasoning (or logical argument) or psychically, and who may therefore take certain premises for granted
(opp. al!bhin a denier) DA i.106, 120.