Lābha
Lābha,[fr.labh] receiving,getting,acquisition,gain,possession; pl.possessions D.I,8; II,58,61; M.I,508 (ārogya-paramā lābhā); III,39; A.I,74; IV,157 sq.,160 (lābhena abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto Devadatto,cp.J.I,185 sq.); Sn.31,438,828,854,1014,1046 (cp.Nd2 548); It.67 (vitta°); J.III,516 (yasa°,dhana°); Vism.93,136 (°ṁ labhati),150 (°assa bhāgin getting riches); PvA.113,280.-- A Dat.sg.lābhā (for lābhāya) is used adverbially with foll.genitive in meaning of “for my (our) gain,” “it is profitable,” “good for me that” etc.; e.g.Miln.17 (lābhā no tāta,suladdhaṁ no tāta),232 (lābhā vata tāsaṁ devatānaṁ); A.III,313 (lābhā vata me suladdhaṁ vata me),expld at Vism.223; DhA.I,98 (lābhā vata me,elliptically); II,95 (l.vata no ye mayaṁ ...upaṭṭhahimha).
--agga highest gain J.III,125; Miln.21.--āsā desire for gain A.I,86.--kamyā (Abl.out of desire for gain Sn.854,929 (=lābha-hetu Nd1 389).--taṇhā craving for possession DhA.IV,38.--macchariya selfishness in acquisitions A.III,273; D.III,234; Pug.19,23; Dhs.1122.--mada pride of gain VbhA.466.--sakkāra gain and honour,usually combd with °siloka fame; the two first e.g.at Vin.II,196; It.73; J.I,185,186; V,75; the three combd e.g.at M.I,192; S.II,227,237; A.II,73; III,343 sq.,377; Vbh.352 sq.; lābha-siloka alone at Vism.67.(Page 583)