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Rabh: 7 definitions

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rabh (रभ�).�1 Ā. (rabhate, rabdha�; caus. rambhayati-te; desid. ripsate)

1) To begin.

2) To clasp, embrace.

3) To long for, be eager.

4) To act rashly.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rabh (रभ�).—[(au) au rabha] r. 1st cl. (rabhate) or more usually (󲹳ٱ) To begin, to make a beginning, to begin willingly, &c. 2. To be pleased with. (i) rabhi r. 1st cl. (ṃb󲹳ٱ) To sound. With pari prefixed, To embrace. With sama, 1. To be enraged. 2. To be agitated.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rabh (रभ�).� (originally = grabh, labh), i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] (in epic poetry and [Բ󲹰śٰ] also [Parasmaipada.], [Բ󲹰śٰ] 7, 59). 1. � To desire vehemently. 2. � To act inconsiderately. 3. To seize, to take (ved.).

� With the prep. , To begin, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 7, 299. 2. To act strenuously, [Bhaṭṭikvya, (ed. Calc.)] 3, 7. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. rabdha. 1. Began, done; rahasy rabdh kath, A secret conversation, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 51. 2. Having begun, Mahbhrata 1, 7660. Absol. rabhya, From. [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] 91, 21.

� With anv anu-, To get back, [Rmyaṇa] 2, 64, 60.

� With abhy abhi-, To begin, Mahbhrata 3, 10724 ([Parasmaipada.]).

� With pr pra-, To begin, [Bhagavadgīt, (ed. Schlegel.)] 18, 15; [ʲñٲԳٰ] iii. [distich] 130. prrabdha, n. An attempt, enterprise, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 1, 6.

� With sam sam-, 1. To begin, [Rmyaṇa] 1, 45, 13, to undertake, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] 44, 6, M.M. 2. To try, Mahbhrata 1, 2238. 3. To treat, Mahbhrata 3, 16298.

� With pari pari, To embrace, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 147; Mahbhrata 4, 514. Desider. pari ripsa, To desire to embrace, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 13, 32 (Calc.).

� With sam sam, saṃrabdha, 1. Exasperated, enraged, [Rmyaṇa] 2, 55, 30. 2. Agitated, overwhelmed, [Nala] 13, 14. Comp. Su-, adj. 1. very enraged, Chr. 31, 20. 2. very agitated, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 238, 24.

� With abhisam abhi-sam, 󾱲Ṽ۲, Enraged, [Rmyaṇa] 6, 3, 17.

� Cf. [Latin] rabies, robur (labor, see labh); probably [Gothic.] arbaiths; [Anglo-Saxon.] earfedh, earfodh; [Gothic.] liban; [Anglo-Saxon.] leofian, lifian, lybban; [Old High German.] laba, labôn; perhaps [Anglo-Saxon.] a-refian, To bear, a-raefnan, To take away.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rabh (रभ�).�rambh, rabhate, rabhati (rambhti, te), [participle] rabdha (—� [with] act. & pass. mg) take hold, seize, embrace. [Causative] rambhayami & [Desiderative] ripsate (only —�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rabh (रभ�):—or rambh (mostly [compound] with a [preposition]; cf.grabh and See �labh with which rabh is connected) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhtupṭha xxiii, 5]) rabhate (mc. also ti and [Epic] rambhati, te; [perfect tense] rebhe, [Ṛg-veda]; also rrabhe and 1. [plural] rarabhma; [Aorist] arabdha, [Ṛg-veda]; [future] rabdh [grammar]; rapsyati, [Mahbhrata]; te, [ib.] etc.; [infinitive mood] rabdhum, [Mahbhrata]; [Vedic or Veda] rabham, rabhe; [indeclinable participle] rabhya, [Ṛg-veda] etc.),

—to take hold of, grasp, clasp, embrace, [Bhgavata-purṇa] (arabhat, [Harivaṃśa 8106] [wrong reading] for rabhat);

—to desire vehemently, [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary];

—to act rashly, [ib.] (cf. rabhas, rabhasa) :—[Passive voice] rabhyate [Aorist] arambhi, [Pṇini 7-1, 63] :—[Causal] rambhayati, te [Aorist] ararambhat, [ib.] :—[Desiderative] ripsate, [Pṇini 7-4, 54] :—[Intensive] rrabhyate, rrabhīti, rrabdhi (as far as these forms really occur, they are only found after prepositions; cf. anv--, -, pr-, vy--, pari-, �- etc.)

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