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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vilamb (विलम्ब्).—1 Ā.

1) To hang down, hang from, be suspended from; विभ्रत्या कौस्तुभं न्यासं स्तनान्तरविलम्बिनम् (vibhratyā kaustubhaṃ nyāsaṃ stanāntaravilambinam) R.1.62.

2) To set, decline (as the sun &c.).

3) To stay or lag behind, stay or remain, wait, stand still; तां प्राङ्मुखीं तत्र निवेश्य तन्वीं क्षणं व्यलम्बन्त पुरो निषण्णाः (tāṃ prāṅmukhīṃ tatra niveśya tanvīṃ kṣaṇaṃ vyalambanta puro niṣaṇṇāḥ) Ku. 7.13.

4) To delay, be retarded; विलम्बितफलैः कालं निनाय स मनोरथैः (vilambitaphalaiḥ kālaṃ nināya sa manorathaiḥ) R.1.33; किं विलम्ब्यते त्वरितं तं प्रवेशय (kiṃ vilambyate tvaritaṃ taṃ praveśaya) Uttararāmacarita 1.

5) To rest or depend upon; कर्मणि निर्वाणविलम्बितानि (karmaṇi nirvāṇavilambitāni) Bhāgavata 1. 16.24. -Caus. To delay, detain.

2) To put off, retard, procrastinate, postpone.

3) To waste, lose.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vilamb (विलम्ब्).—hang (on both sides) on ([accusative] or [locative]); sink, descend; lag, loiter. [Causative] suspend on ([locative]); detain, delay, lag or loiter.

Vilamb is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and lamb (लम्ब्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vilamb (विलम्ब्):—[=vi-√lamb] [Ātmanepada] -lambate (rarely [Parasmaipada]), to hang on both sides to ([accusative]), [Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa];

—to hang down, hang on, be attached to ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to sink, set, decline, [Mahābhārata];

—to continue hanging, linger, delay, tarry, hesitate (‘with’ or ‘to’, prati), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Mahābhārata] etc.:

—[Causal] lambayati, to hang on ([locative case]), [Pañcatantra ii, 62/63] (read -lambya with [Bombay edition]);

—to cause to linger or loiter, detain, delay, [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to spend (time) unprofitably, waste, lose, [Harivaṃśa];

—to put off, procrastinate, [Yājñavalkya; Rāmāyaṇa; Pañcatantra]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vilamb (विलम्ब्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vilaṃba.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vilamb in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) delay, procrastination; lag; tardiness; ~[bakari] procrastinating/procrastinator, delaying; ~[bana] delay/delaying, procrastination; ~[ba-shulka] late fee, demurrage; ~[bita] delayed, late, tardy, procrastinated; slow tempo (in music); ~[bi] delaying; a procrastinator..—vilamb (विलंब) is alternatively transliterated as Vilaṃba.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Lamb, Vi.

Starts with (+13): Vilamb-shulk, Vilamba, Vilamba-shulka, Vilambaga, Vilambaka, Vilambakari, Vilambamana, Vilambana, Vilambasauparna, Vilambati, Vilambeti, Vilambha, Vilambi, Vilambia, Vilambicaruhara, Vilambicharuhara, Vilambika, Vilambin, Vilambisu, Vilambita.

Ends with: Avilamb, Pravilamb.

Full-text: Vilamba, Vilambana, Vilambin, Vilambeti, Vilambati, Vilambaka, Vilambitam, Vilambasauparna, Vilamb-shulk, Vilambya, Pravilamb, Vilambitaphala, Vilambitagati, Vilambita, Vilambika.

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