श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताBhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo, home
Sign in
ApteAll dictionariesSanskrit dictionaryDhātuPāṇiniConjugationDeclensionInflected formsParts of speechWord frequencyTree diagramAnalyzerRootsQuarter-verse indexMemorable linesNames

कोशःDictionaries

Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for अलाबु

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अलाबुalābuबूः [būḥ], बूः f. [न-लम्बते; न-लम्ब्-उ-णित् नलोपश्च वृद्धिः Tv] The bottle-gourd.

    बूः būḥ, बूः Feminine [न-लम्बते; न-लम्ब्-उ-णित् नलोपश्च वृद्धिः Tv] The bottle-gourd.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -बु

      1. (Neuter)
      2. A vessel made of gourd.
      3. A fruit of the gourd which is very light and floats in water; किं हि नामैतत् अम्बुनि मज्जन्त्यलाबूनि ग्रावाणः प्लवन्त इति Mv.1; Ms.6.54.

    • -कटम् the dust orown (रजः) of the bottle-gourd.

    • -पात्रम् a jar made of the bottle-gourd; Av.8.1.29.

    • -वीणा A lute of the shape of a gourd.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अलाबुalābuf. the bottle-gourd (Lagenaria Vulgaris Ser) Sus3r. &c.
    1. feminine the bottle-gourd (Lagenaria Vulgaris Ser) Sus3r. etc.
    2. mn. a vessel made of the bottle-gourd AV. etc.
    3. feminine (used by Bra1hmanical Brahmanical ascetics) Mn. vi, 54 Jain.
    4. neuter gender the fruit of the bottle-gourd MBh. ii, 2196, etc.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अलाबुalābualaNbu, ˚बू [-bû] f. gourd; m. n. its fruit; gourd-bottle; -maya, a. made of a gourd.

    alaNbu, ˚बू [-bû] feminine; also equal for gourd; masculine neuter its fruit; gourd-bottle; -maya, adjective made of a gourd.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · अलाबु

morphology by sanskrit_parser

Analysis unavailable: the morphological analyzer is not running on this server.