Lobha
Lobha,[cp.Vedic & Epic Sk.lobha; fr.lubh: see lubbhati] covetousness,greed.Defined at Vism.468 as “lubbhanti tena,sayaṁ vā lubbhati,lubbhana-mattam eva vā taṁ,” with several comparisons following.‹-› Often found in triad of lobha, dosa, moha (greed,anger,bewilderment,forming the three principles of demerit:see kusala-mūla),e.g.at A.IV,96; It.83,84; Vism.116; Dukp 9,18 sq.See dosa & moha.-- D.III,214,275; S.I,16,43,63,123 (bhava°); V,88; A.I,64 (°kkhaya),160 (visama°),cp.D.III,70 sq.; II,67; Sn.367,371,537 (°kodha),663,706,864,941 (°pāpa); Nd1 15,16,261; J.IV,11 (kodha,dosa,l.); Dhs.982,1059; Vbh.208,341,381,402; Nett 13,27; Vism.103; VbhA.18; PvA.7,13,17,89 (+dosa),102; VvA.14; Sdhp.52 (°moha),266.--alobha disinterestedness D.III,214; Dhs.32.
--dhammā (pl.) affection of greed,things belonging to greed; (adj.) (of) greedy character M.I,91; III,37; D.I,224,230; S.IV,111; A.III,350; J.IV,11.--mūla the root of greed Vism.454 (eightfold; with dosa-mūla & moha-mūla).(Page 588)