Lobha

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Lobha

Hindu concept of character affliction

In Hinduism, lobha (Sanskrit: लोभ) is the concept of character affliction that refers to any form of "sensuality, lust, desire" or "attachment to sensual objects".[1][2][3] It is one of the five kleshas that afflict the Ātman.[4] It is one of the Shadripurs.[5]

Lobha is a Sanskrit technical term, used in jurisdiction, meaning "greed for wealth".[6] It has been cited as one of the causes of perjury.[6]

In literature

The word lobha is used in religious literature such as the Manusmriti.[7] Lobha refers to material greed. According to the Vishnu Purana, lobha represents a type of spiritual pain of the emotional kind.[8] Accordingly, "the wise man investigates the three types of worldly suffering, or mental and physical suffering and the like, and attains true knowledge and detachment from human objects, attaining ultimate extinction".[6] Ramayana advises forest dwellers to give up lobha in verse 2.24.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Thomas William Rhys Davids; William Stede (1921). Pali-English Dictionary. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 567. ISBN 978-81-208-1144-7.
  2. [2]
    Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “lobha”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead, page 588
  3. [3]
    Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), "lobha", in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 649
  4. [4]
    Patañjali; et al. (2007). "Aphorisms, Section II of Pātañjalayogasūtra-s". Archived from the original on 2007-12-22. Retrieved November 23, 2007. quite :
    अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः पञ्च क्लेशाः॥३॥
    Avidyāsmitārāgadveṣābhiniveśāḥ pañca kleśāḥ
  5. [5]
    Shadripu, Ṣaḍripu: 2 definitions, www.wisdomlib.org
  6. [6]
    Lobha: 38 definitions, www.wisdomlib.org
  7. [7]
    Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi by Ganganatha Jha, Verse 8.120, quite: लोभात् सहस्रं दण्ड्यस्तु मोहात् पूर्वं तु साहसम् ।
    भयाद् द्वौ मध्यमौ दण्डौ मैत्रात् पूर्वं चतुर्गुणम् ॥ १२० ॥
  8. [8]
    The Vishnu Purana 6.5.1-6. Horace Hayman Wilson, www.wisdomlib.org
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