laB ( cf. √ raB ) cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiii, 6 ) laBate ( ep. also °ti and lamBate ; pf. leBe/ , ep. also lalABa ; aor. alabDa , alapsata , Br. ; Prec. lapsIya , Pāṇ. viii, 2, 104 , Sch. ; fut. labDA Gr. ; lapsyate , °ti , Br. &c.; laBizyati , Kāv. ; inf. labDum , MBh. ; ind.p. labDvA/ , AV. &c.; -laBya , -lamBam , Br. &c.; lABam , Pāṇ. vii, 1, 69 ), to take, seize, catch; catch sight of, meet with, find, Br. &c. &c. (with antaram , to find an opportunity, make an impression, be effective; with avakASam , to find scope, be appropriate; with kAlam , to find the right time or moment); to gain possession of, obtain, receive, conceive, get, receive (‘from’ abl. ; ‘as’ acc. ), recover, ib. (with garBam , ‘to conceive an embryo’, ‘become pregnant’; with padam , to obtain a footing); to gain the power of (doing anything), succeed in, be permitted or allowed to ( inf. or dat. , e.g. laBate drazwum , or darSanAya , ‘he is able or allowed to see’), ChUp. ; MBh. &c.; to possess, have, Sāh. ; MārkP. ; to perceive, know, understand, learn, find out, Kathās. ; Kull. : Pass. laBya/te ( ep. also °ti ; aor. alABi or alamBi , with prep. only alamBi ; cf. Pāṇ. vii, 1, 69 , Kāś. ), to be taken or caught or met with or found or got or obtained, Br. &c. &c.; to be allowed or permitted ( inf. sometimes with pass. sense, e.g. nA Darmo laByate kartum , ‘injustice ought not to be done’, cf. above), Kathās. ; to follow, result, Sāh. ; Sarvad. ; to be comprehended by ( abl. ), Bhāṣāp. : Caus. lamBayati , °te ( aor. alalamBat ), to cause to take or receive or obtain, give, bestow (generally with two acc. ; rarely with acc. and instr. = to present with; in Kir. ii, 55 with two acc. and instr. ; cf. Vām. v, 2, 10 ), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to get, procure ( cf. lamBita ); to find out, discover, Mn. viii, 109 ; to cause to suffer, MW. ; Desid. li/psate ( mc. also °ti , TBr. lIpsate ), to wish to seize or take or catch or obtain or receive (with acc. or gen. ; ‘from’ abl. ), TBr. &c. &c. : Intens. lAlaByate , lAlamBIti or lAlabDi Gr.
laB 1 A. ( laBate, leBe, alabDa , lapsyate, labDuM, labDa ) 1 To get, obtain, gain, acquire; laBeta sikatAsu tElamapi yatnataH pIqayan Bh. 2. 5 ; cirAya yATArTyamalaMBi diggajEH Śi. 1. 64. 2 To have, possess, be in possession of. 3 To take, receive. 4 To catch, take or catch hold of; R. 1. 3. 5 To find, meet with; yatkiMcillaBate paTi . 6 To recover, regain. 7 To know, learn, perceive, understand; BramaRaM… gamanAdeba laByate Bhāṣā P. 6 ; satyamalaBamAnaH Kull on Ms. 8. 109. 8 To be able or be permitted (to do a thing) (with inf. ); martumapi na laByate; nADarmo-laByate kartuM loke vEdyADare . (The senses of laB are modified according to the noun with which it is used; i. e. garBaM laB to conceive, ( pb ) become pregnant; padaM or AspadaM laB to gain a footing, take a hold on; see under pada; aMtaraM laB to get a footing, enter into; leBeM'taraM cetasi nopadeSaH R. 6. 66 ‘was not impressed on the mind;’ cetanAM, -saMjYAM, -laB to regain one's consciousness; janma laB to be born; Ki. 5. 43 ; svAsTyaM laB to enjoy ease, be at ease; darSanaM laB to get an audience of &c.). — Caus. ( laMBayati-te ) 1 To cause to get or receive, cause to take; Ki. 2. 58. 2 To give, confer or bestow upon; modakaSarAvaM mARavakaM laMBaya V. 3. 3 To cause to suffer. 4 To obtain, receive. 5 To find out, discover. — Desid. ( lipsate ) To wish to get, long for; alabDaM cEva lipseta H. 2. 8.