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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शोभाśobhāLight, lustre, brilliance, radiance.

    [शुभ्-अ]

    1. Light, lustre, brilliance, radiance.
    2. (a) Splendour, beauty, elegance, grace, loveliness; वपुरभिनवमस्याः पुष्यति स्वां न शोभाम् Ś.1.19; Me.54,61 (Vartious reading) (b) Natural beauty, grandeur (as of a mountain); अद्रिशोभा R.2.27.
    3. An ornament, graceful expression; शोभैव मन्दरक्षुब्धक्षुभिताम्भोधिवर्णना Śi.2.17.
    4. Turmeric.
    5. A kind of pigment (Equivalent to गोरोचना quod vide, which see).
    6. Distinguished merit.
    7. Colour, hue.
    8. Wish, desire.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अञ्जनः Name of a very useful tree (Marâthî शेवगा).

  2. दिशोभाज्diśobhājm.One who runs in all directions, a fugitive.

    One who runs in all directions, a fugitive.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शोभाśobhā[sobh-ấ] f. splendour, beauty, grace, loveliness (--˚ sts.=splendid, extraordinary); colour (rare): kâ…

    [sobh-ấ] feminine; also equal for splendour, beauty, grace, loveliness (--˚ sts.Equivalent tosplendid, extraordinary); colour (rare): kâ sobhâ, what good is there in (locative)Equivalent tois a bad thing: -vat-î, feminine; also equal for noun of a town; -vâkya, neuter handsome speech.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शोभाśobhāf. (ifc. f(आ).) splendour, brilliance, lustre, beauty, grace, loveliness (का शोभा with loc., "what beauty is…
    1. feminine (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) splendour, brilliance, lustre, beauty, grace, loveliness (का शोभा with locative case, "what beauty is there [in that]" id est "it has no beauty"; शोभां न-√कृ, "to look bad or ugly"; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' often Equivalent to "splendid", "excellent" exempli gratia, 'for example' शौर्य-शोभा, "splendid heroism"; कर्म-शोभा, "a masterpiece") TS. etc.
    2. feminine distinguished merit W.
    3. feminine colour, hue VarBr2S. Mudr.
    4. feminine wish, desire Lexicographers
    5. feminine a kind of metre Col.
    6. feminine turmeric Lexicographers
    7. feminine the yellow pigment Go-rocana1 गो-रोचना Lexicographers
  2. आहार्यशोभाāhāryaśobhāf. adventitious beauty (not natural but the effect of paint, ornaments, &c.)

    feminine adventitious beauty (not natural but the effect of paint, ornaments, etc.)

  3. उपशोभाupaśobhā(for 2. see s.v.) f. ornament S3is3. xiii, 36.
    1. (for 2. see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order) feminine ornament S3is3. xiii, 36.
    2. (for 1. see column 1) feminine secondary ornament or decoration AgP. Hcat.
  4. दिशोभागdiśobhāgaw.r. for

    wrong reading for

  5. दिशोभाज्diśobhājmfn. one who runs away in all directions Pan5c. (B)iv, 15, 114/115.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective one who runs away in all directions Pan5c. (B)iv, 15, 114/115.

  6. द्वारशोभाdvāraśobhāf. a beautiful portal Mr2icch. iv 26/27.

    feminine a beautiful portal Mr2icch. iv 26/27.

  7. मार्गशोभाmārgaśobhāf. the clearing of a path in honour of some one DivyA7v.

    feminine the clearing of a path in honour of some one DivyA7v.