लम्बन

{ lambanḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

लम्बन  mfn.  mfn. hanging down or causing to hang down (said of शिव), [MBh.]
लम्बन  m.  m. a camp-follower, soldier's boy, [Hcar.]
phlegm, the phlegmatic humour, [L.]
N. of a son of ज्योतिष्-मत्, [VP.]
लम्बन  n.  n. hanging down, depending, falling, [W.]
a partic. mode of fighting, [Hariv.]
the moon's parallax in longitude, the interval of the lines between the earth's centre and surface, [Sūryas.]; [Gol.]
a fringe, [L.]
a long necklace (depending from the neck to the navel), [L.]
N. of a वर्ष in कुश-द्वीप, [MārkP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

लम्बनः [lambanḥ]   [लम्ब्-ल्यु ल्युट् वा]
An epithet of Śiva.
The phlegmatic humour.
A camp-follower.
नम् Hanging down, depending, descending &c.
Fringe.
The parallax in longitude (of the moon).
A sort of long necklace; also लम्बमाना.
A mode of fighting. -Comp.
-विधिः   (in astr.) the rule for calculating the moon's parallax in longitude.

Shabda-Sagara

लम्बन  n.  ( -नं)
1. Depending, descending, falling.
2. A long necklace, one which depends from the neck to the navel.
3. Parallax in longitude, (of the moon.)
 m.  ( -नः)
1. Phlegm, the phlegmatic humour. 2. An epithet of ŚIVA.
E. लबि to fall, &c., aff. ल्युट् .

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लबि ल्युट् .