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लटभ [laṭabha] a. a. (Connected with the Prākṛita लडह which appears to be derived from it) Charming, handsome, beautiful, attractive, lovely; अतिक्रान्तः कालो लटभललना- भोगसुलभः [Bh.3.32] (where commentators render लटभ by सलावण्य); तस्याः पादनखश्रेणिः शोभते लटभभ्रुवः [Vikr.8.6.] Bilhaṇa has used this word in three more places of the same book, where it appears to mean' a young pretty woman', 'a handsome woman'; e. g. किं वा वर्णनया समस्तलटभालंकारतामेष्यति 8.86; अनर्घ्यलावण्यनिधानभूमिर्न कस्य लोभं लटभा तनोति 9.68; केशबन्ध- विभवैर्लटभानां पिण्डतामिव जगाम तमिस्रम् 11.18.
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लटभ f. (
-भा) Adj. Handsome, attractive. This word has Prākrita origin and is not used in classical Sanskrit.
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लटभ mfn. mfn. (
cf. next and लडह) handsome, pretty, lovely, [Vcar.]
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