masculine · lābha 1 · lābha 2
gain
gain; acquisition
Lābha [from labh] receiving, getting, acquisition, gain, possession; plural possessions D I 8; II 58, 61; M I 508 (ārogya-paramā lābhā); III 39; A I 74; IV 157 f., 160 (lābhena abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto Devadatto, cf. Ja I 185 f. ); Snp 31, 438, 828, 854, 1014, 1046 (cf. Nidd II §548); It 67 (vitta°); Ja III 516 (yasa°, dhana°); Vism 93, 136 (°ṃ labhati), 150 (°assa bhāgin getting riches); Pv-a 113, 280. — A dative singular lābhā (for lābhāya) is used adverbially with following genitive in meaning of "for my (our) gain," "it is profitable," "good for me that" etc.; e.g. Miln 17 (lābhā no tāta, suladdhaṃ no tāta), 232 (lābhā vata tāsaṃ devatānaṃ); A III 313 (lābhā vata me suladdhaṃ vata me), explained at Vism 223; Dhp-a I 98 (lābhā vata me, elliptically); II 95 (l. vata no ye mayaṃ ... upaṭṭhahimha). -agga highest gain Ja III 125; Miln 21; -āsā desire for gain A I 86; -kamyā (ablative out of desire for gain Snp 854, 929 (= lābha-hetu Nidd I 389); -taṇhā craving for possession Dhp-a IV 38; -macchariya selfishness in acquisitions A III 273; D III 234; Pp 19, 23; Dhs 1122; -mada pride of gain Vibh-a 466; -sakkāra gain and honour, usually combined with °siloka fame; the two first e.g. at Vin II 196; It 73; Ja I 185, 186; V 75; the three combined e.g. at M I 192; S II 227, 237; A II 73; III 343 f., 377; Vibh 352 f.; lābha-siloka alone at Vism 67.
【陽】 得到，獲得。~kamyatā,【陰】 對增益的渴求。~gga,【陽】 最高的增益。~macchariya,【中】 利得慳（增益的自私）。~sakkāra,【陽】 增益和光榮。
(masc, masc, from labhati) gain; acquisition; benefit; profit gain, acquisition Construction: √labh > lābh + *a
(masc, masc, from labhati) fee; money; profit [lit.] gain Construction: √labh > lābh + *a