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Labhati,[later Vedic labh for older rabh,cp.rabhate,rabha,rabhasa.Related are Gr.lambάnw to get,lάfuron booty; Lat.rabies=E.rabies; Lith.lõbis wealth.-- The Dhtp (204) simply defines as “lābhe.” On the Prk.forms see Pischel,Prk.Gr.§ 484.-- See also rabhasa] 1.(the very freq.& ordinary meaning) to get,to receive,obtain,acquire.-- 2.(fig.) to obtain permission,to receive an opportunity,etc.,as “pabbajituṁ sace lacchāmi” if I am allowed to receive the pabbajjā Mhvs 18,5; or “labhamāno niccam pi khāditu-kāmo ‘mhi” if I get the chance I should always like to eat J.I,478; and passim (cp.Pass.labbhati below).The paradigma of labhati shows a great variety of forms owing to its frequent occurrence (cp.E.“get”).We have selected the most interesting ones.Pres.Ind.labhati rare (late,e.g.Vism.136); usually med labhate Th.1,35; Sn.185,439; 1st sg.labhe Pv.I,64; 2nd sg.labhase J.II,220; 3rd pl.labhare S.I,110.-- ppr.med.labhamāna S.I,122 (otāraṁ a°,cp.IV.178; M.I,334); also in Pass.sense “getting taken” PvA.71.-- Opt.3rd sg.labhe Sn.458,& (med.) labhetha Sn.45,46,217; Pv.II,97; also (usual form) labheyya PvA.115.2nd sg.med.labhetho (=Sk.°thāh) Sn.833.-- Imper.2nd sg.labha It.77; 3rdlabhatu PvA.112; med.2nd sg.labhassu Th.2,432; 3rd sg.labhataṁ D.II,150; 1st pl.(as Hortative) labhāmase Pv.I,55 (=labhāma PvA.27); & labhāmhase Pv III,224.-- Fut.3rd sg.lacchasi (Sk.lapsyati) S.I,114; Pv.II,46; III,37; J.II,60 (Māro otāraṁ l.),258; Miln.126; DhA.I,29; SnA 405; ThA.69 (Ap.); 1st sg.lacchāmi M.II,71; 2nd sg.lacchasi Vv 835; Pv IV.160; 1st pl.lacchāma J.I,54; IV,292; & lacchāmase (med.) Vv 329.Also (the Com.form) labhissati PvA.190; VvA.136.-- Cond.1st pl.alabhissāma J.III,35; med.3rd sg.alabhissatha D.II,63.-- Pret.(& aor.) (a) 3rd sg.alattha D.I,176 (alattha pabbajjaṁ); M.II,49; S.IV,302; J.IV,310; VvA.66,69; 1st sg.alatthaṁ D.II,268; Vv 8122; Th.1,747; DhA.III,313; 2nd sg.alattha S.I,114; 1st pl.alatthamha M.II,63; 3rd pl.alatthuṁ D.II,274,& alatthaṁsu S.I,48.-- (b) (Prohib.) mā laddhā (3rd sg.med.) shall not receive (Sk.alabdha) J.III,138.‹-› (c) labhi Sn.994; 1st sg.labhiṁ Th.1,218; 2,78; J.II,154; VvA.68; & alabhitthaṁ Th.1,217; 3rd sg.alabhittha Pv.I,77 (spelt bbh); 1st pl.labhimhā (for labhimha) D.II,147.-- Inf.laddhuṁ J.II,352; DhA.III,117; PvA.96.-- Ger.laddhā (poet.) Sn.306,388,766,924; laddhāna (poet.) Sn.67 (=laddhā,labhitvā Nd2 546); It.65; and (ord.) labhitva J.I,150; III,332; PvA.95.‹-› Grd.(a):labbhiya (only neg.alabbhiya what cannot be got) J.IV,86; Pv.II,69; labbhaneyya (a°) (in Com.style as expln of labbhanīya) J.IV,86 (°ṭhāna); PvA.65 (°vatthu),96 (id.); and labbhanīya (as a°-ṭṭhānāni impossible things) A.III,54 sq.(five such items),60 sq.(id.); J.IV,59.-- (b):laddhabba J.III,332; PvA.112,252.-- (c):laddheyya Pv IV.325.-- Caus.labbheti (for *lābheti,a diff.formn fr.Sk.lambhayati,which is found in P.pa-lambheti) to make someone get,to procure,in 1st sg.aor.alabbhesi Vin.IV,5=J.I,193; DhA.III,213 (v.l.labh°); and in pres.3rd sg.labbheti J.III,353 (=adhigameti C.).-- Pass.labbhati (fig.) to be permitted,to be possible or proper; (or simply:) it is to be Mhvs 30,43; KhA 192 (vattuṁ),207 (id.).-- pp.laddha.-- Cp.upa°, pati°, vi°.(Page 581)
Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera
labhati:[labh + a] gets; obtains; attains.
Pali-Dictionary Vipassana Research Institute
labhati:To obtain,to get,to acquire,to meet with,to find; to receive; to take; to obtain permission,to be allowed; to receive an opportunity,to get a chance,to be able