आलम्बन
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আলম্বন (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬮᬫ᭄ᬩᬦ (Balinese script)
- আলম্বন (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰩𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀮𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- အာလမ္ဗန (Burmese script)
- આલમ્બન (Gujarati script)
- ਆਲਮ੍ਬਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌲𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦭꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂪𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಲಮ್ಬನ (Kannada script)
- អាលម្ពន (Khmer script)
- ອາລມ຺ພນ (Lao script)
- ആലമ്ബന (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘩𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠯᠠᠮᠪᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑧉𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐮𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଆଲମ୍ବନ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢭꢪ꣄ꢨꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆬𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖩𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ආලම්බන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩽𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚥𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஆலம்ப³ந (Tamil script)
- ఆలమ్బన (Telugu script)
- อาลมฺพน (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ལ་མྦ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒪𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨬𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
आ- (ā-, “ad-”) + लम्बन (lambana, “hanging down”), from लम्ब् (lamb, “to hang down”).
Noun
आलम्बन • (ālambana) stem, n
Descendants
- Pali: ārammaṇa
- → Tocharian B: ālambaṃ
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “आलम्बन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 153/2.