The corpus record — Pali

labbhā

Labbhā

indeclinable allowable, possible (with inf.); usually neg (thus = Prohibitive!) Snp.393 (na l. phassetuṃ; Snp-a p.376 explains by “sakkā”), Snp.590 ; Pv.ii.6#10 ; Ja.i.64 (na l. tayā pabbajituṃ), Ja.i.145 (id.), Pv-a.96 (= laddhuṃ sakkā). best to be taken, with Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 465, as an old Opt

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Where it lives

Digha Nikaya 18 · 1.25/10k
Sutta Nipata 2 · 0.99/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

indeclinable allowable, possible (with inf.); usually neg (thus = Prohibitive!) Snp.393 (na l. phassetuṃ; Snp-a p.376 explains by “sakkā”), Snp.590; Pv.ii.6#10; Ja.i.64 (na l. tayā pabbajituṃ), Ja.i.145 (id.), Pv-a.96 (= laddhuṃ sakkā).

best to be taken, with Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 465, as an old Opt. 3^rd sg., like sakkā which corresponds to Vedic śakyāt. Thus labbhā = *labhyāt, as in Māgadhī

In the wild

6 of 20 attestations shown.

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