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Entry लोभ

लोभlobhaCovetousness, avarice, greed, cupidity; लोभश्चेदगुणेन किम् Bh.2.55; परवित्तादिकं दृष्ट्वा नेतुं यो हृदि जायते…
[लुभ्-भावे घञ्]
1. Covetousness, avarice, greed, cupidity; लोभश्चेदगुणेन किम् Bh.2.55; परवित्तादिकं दृष्ट्वा नेतुं यो हृदि जायते । अभिलाषो द्विजश्रेष्ठ स लोभः परिकीर्तितः Padma Parasmaipada
2. Desire for, longing after (with Genitive or in comp.); कङ्कणस्य तु लोभेन H.1.5; आननस्पर्शलोभात् Me.15.
3. Avarice personified (one of the six enemies of man).
4. Perplexity, confusion.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अन्वित Adjective covetous, greedy, avaricious.
- -अभिपातिन् Adjective rushing greedily.
- -आत्मन् Adjective greedy-minded, avaricious.
- -मोहित Adjective beguiled by avarice.
- -विरहः absence of avarice; H.1.
In the Gita14·12 14·17 16·21

लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा ।

lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā, — Greed, seeking impulsions, initiative of actions, unrest, desire – all this mounts in us when rajas increases. 14·12
- लोभःlobhaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun lobha (greed).
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