[lubh-bhāve ghañ] 1 Covet- ousness, avarice, greed, cupidity; lobhaścedaguṇena kiṃ Bh. 2. 55.

2 Desire for, longing after (with gen. or in comp.); kaṃkaṇasya tu lobhena H. 1. 5; ā- rśalobhāt Me. 103.

3 Avarice per- sonified (one of the six enemies of man). Comp. anvita a. covetous, greedy, avaricious. ātman a. greedy-minded, avaricious. virahaḥ absence of avarice; H. 1.