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Entry लभ्

लभ्labhTo cause to get or receive, cause to take; मधुरै रवशानि लम्भयन्नपि तिर्यञ्चि शमं निरीक्षितैः Ki.2.55.
1. To cause to get or receive, cause to take; मधुरै रवशानि लम्भयन्नपि तिर्यञ्चि शमं निरीक्षितैः Ki.2.55.
2. To give, confer or bestow upon; मोदकशरावं माणवकं लम्भय V.3.
3. To cause to suffer.
4. To obtain, receive.
5. To find out, discover.-Desid. (लिप्सते) To wish to get, long for; अलब्धं चैव लिप्सेत H.2.8.
Derived forms and compounds
- लभ् labh
  
  1 Ā. (लभते, लेभे, अलब्ध, लप्स्यते, लब्धुम्, लब्ध)
  
  To get, obtain, gain, acquire; लभेत सिकतासु तैलमपि यत्नतः पीडयन् Bh.2.5; चिराय याथार्थ्यमलम्भि दिग्गजैः Śi.1. 64.
  
  To have, possess, be in possession of.
  
  To take, receive.
  
  To catch, take or catch hold of; प्रांशु- लभ्ये फले लोभादुद्बाहुरिव वामनः R.1.3.
  
  To find, meet with; यत्किंचिल्लभते पथि.
  
  To recover, regain.
  
  To know, learn, perceive, understand; भ्रमणं ..... गमनादेव लभ्यते Bhāsā. Parasmaipada6; सत्यमलभमानः Kull. on Ms.8.19.
  
  To be able or be permitted (to do a thing) (with Infinitive); मर्तुमपि न लभ्यते; नाधर्मो लभ्यते कर्तुं लोके वैद्याधरे. (The senses of लभ् are modified according to the noun with which it is used; id est, that is गर्भं लभ् to conceive, become pregnant; पदं or आस्पदं लभ् to gain a footing, take a hold on; see under पद; अन्तरं लभ् to get a footing, enter into; लेभेऽन्तरं चेतसि नोपदेशः R.6.66 'was not impressed on the mind;' चेतनां-संज्ञां लभ् to regain one's consciousness; जन्म लभ् to be born; Ki.5.43; स्वास्थ्यं लभ् to enjoy ease, be at ease; दर्शनं लभ् to get an audience of etc.). -Causal (लम्भयति-ते)
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सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् ॥

sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddhamīdṛśam. — When such a battle comes to them of itself like the open gate of heaven, happy are the Kshatriyas then. 2·32
- लभन्तेlabhantepresent 3rd person plural of the verbal root labh (to gain possession of, obtain, attain).
- लब्ध्वाlabdhvāindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root labh (to gain possession of, obtain, attain).
- लभतेlabhatepresent 3rd person singular of the verbal root labh (to gain possession of, obtain, attain).
- लभेlabhepresent 1st person singular of the verbal root labh (to gain possession of, obtain, attain).
- लभस्वlabhasvaimperative 2nd person singular of the verbal root labh (to gain possession of, obtain, attain).
- उपलभ्यतेupalabhyatepassive 3rd person singular of the verbal root labh (to get, gain) with the prefix upa.
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