adjective not hanging down, not drooping, short Ja.v.302; Ja.vi.3 (˚tthaniyo not flabby: of a woman’s breasts cp. alamb’ ordhva-stanī Suśruta i.371).

a + lamba

anything to hang on, support SN.i.53 (an˚ without support); Snp.173 (id. + appatiṭṭha); Ja.iii.396; Mil.343; Sdhp.245, Sdhp.463.

Sk. ālamba, ā + lamb

Āḷamba = āḷambara

Vv.18#9 = Vv.50#24. See ālambara.

hangs down (over).

without support, without anything to hold on to.

restraining rail on a carriage.

something to hold on to or lean on, support; a staff; a support on a carriage

rail, a banister

drum

something to hold on to or lean on, support; a staff; a support on a carriage

drum

to hang down MN.iii.164 (olambati ajjholambati a.).

abhi + palambati

Ambara¹

neuter the sky, Dāvs i.38; Dāvs iv.51; Dāvs v.32
■ Note. At Ja.v.390 we have to read muraja-ālambara, and not mura-jāla-ambara.

Vedic ambara circumference, horizon

Ambara< …

adjective without support (from above), unsuspended, not held Snp.173 (+ appatiṭṭha expl^d. at Snp-a.214 by heṭṭhā patiṭṭhâbhāvena upari ālambhāvena ca gambhīra).

an + ālamba

mechanism to stop a chariot, a safe guard “to prevent warriors from falling out”. SN.i.33 (Mrs Rh. D. trsl “leaning board”); Ja.vi.252 (variant reading upā˚; Kern trsl. “remhout”, i.e. brake).

“a Ved …

…in o is the older. Pres. avalambare Pv.ii.1#18 (= olambamānā tiṭṭhanti Pv-a.77); Pv.ii.10#2 (= olambanti Pv-a.142); olambati MN.iii.164…

Only in late verse. To hang down. Pv.ii.1#18; Pv.ii.10#2. Ger. avalamba (for ˚bya) Pv.iii.3#5 cp. olubbha.

= olambati

…cp. gloss latātanta on kalamba), Ja.iv.371 (= ˚kanda com. p. 373); Ja.vi.578. Cp. takkaḷa.

f. of biḷāla =…

1. the arm AN.ii.67 = AN.iii.45 (˚bala); Vin.ii.105; Ja.iii.62; Ja.v.215 (˚mudu). pacchā-bāhaṃ arm(s) behind (his back) DN.i.245 (gāḷhabandhanaṃ baddha). bāhaṃ pasāreti to stretch out the arm DN. …

Kacchā¹

feminine

1. enclosure denoting both the enclosing and the enclosed i.e. wall or room: see kacchantara.
2. an ornament for head & neck (of an elephant), ve …

…-rukkha the Cadamba tree Ja.vi.290.

cp. Sk. kalamba menispermum calumba, kalambī convolvulus repens

Err:509

(cp. kaḍamba, kalamba) a mark used to keep the interstices between the threads of the kaṭhina even, when being woven Vin.ii.116, Vin.ii.317…

(cp. kaḍamba, kalamba) a mark used to keep the interstices between the threads of the kaṭhina even, when being woven Vin.ii.116, Vin.ii.317…

…Dāvs ii.61
■ alamba not drooping, thick, short Ja.v.302 Ja.vi.3 (˚tthaniyo)
■ Cp. *ā˚, vi˚ &…

adjective unsupported Mil.295 (ākāsa).

nis + ālamba

preposition accusative leaning on (in all fig. meanings) Cnd.368 (= upanissāya, ārammaṇaṃ ālambanaṃ karitvā).

1. near, near by, on, at Ja.i.167 (pāsānapiṭṭhaṃ), Ja.i.221 (padumasaraṃ); Pv-a.24 (bāhā …

…in o is the older. Pres. avalambare Pv.ii.1#18 (= olambamānā tiṭṭhanti Pv-a.77); Pv.ii.10#2 (= olambanti Pv-a.142); olambati MN.iii.164…

to hang down Thag-a.210; Sdhp.110
pp palambita (q.v.). See also abhi˚.

pa + lambati

hanging down Thig.256, Thig.259; Thag-a.211.

pp. of palambati

…a bulbous plant Ja.iv.46 (= kalamba); -kkhandha the trunk of a palm Ja.iv.351; Vv-a.227 (˚parimāṇā mukhatuṇḍā: beaks of vultures in…

…Mil.238; yāva bhumm’ âvalambare hang down to the ground Pv.ii.10#2 4. with acc. y. Bodhimaṇḍaṃ as far as the Bodhimaṇḍa…

…balustrade (or screen?) Vin.ii.117 Vin.ii.152 (˚bāha) Mil.126. Alambara & Alambara;

fr. ā + lamb, cp. ālamba

Ālambara & Āḷambara

neuter a drum Vin.i.15 (l); Ja.ii.344 (ḷ); Ja.v.390 (l); Vv.54#18 (ḷ).

Sk. āḍambara

to hang on to or up, to take hold of, to fasten to Vin.i.28, Ja.i.57; Ja.vi.192; Vv.84#48; Thag-a.34
■ ālambeti id. Vv-a.32.

ā + lamb

primary meaning “foundation”, from this applied in the foll. senses:

1. support, help, footing, expedient, anything to be depended upon as a means of achieving what is desired, i.e. basis of operatio …

…stake or post (to tie an elephant to, cp. ālāna). Cp.ii.1#3. Alamba = alambara

Dimin of aḷa (?) or of ārā i.(?). See…

Āḷamba = āḷambara

Vv.18#9 = Vv.50#24. See ālambara.

Ālambara & Āḷambara

neuter a drum Vin.i.15 (l); Ja.ii.344 (ḷ); Ja.v.390 (l); Vv.54#18 (ḷ).

Sk. āḍambara