Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. Hanging down. baḥ 1 Depending on or from.
2 That on which one rests or leans, prop, stay; iha hi patatāṃ nāstyālaṃbo na cāpi nivartanaṃ Śānti. 3. 2.
3 Support, protection; tavālaṃbādaṃva sphuradalaghugarveṇa sahasā Jag.; [Page0258-b+ 58] sītāṃ śūnye yathāsukhaṃ nirālaṃbāṃ hariṣyāmi Rām.
4 Receptacle.
5 A perpendi- cular. bā N. of a plant with pois- onous leaves.
