sabhā सभा sabhā́ f. (of unknown derivation, but probably to be connected with 7. sa; ifc. also sabha, n.; cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 23] &c., and eka-sabhá) an assembly, congregation, meeting, council, public audience, [RV.] &c. &c. social party, society, good society (see comp.) Society (personified as a daughter of Prajāpati), [AV.] a place for public meetings, large assembly-room or hall, palace, court of a king or of justice, council-chamber, gambling-house &c., [ib.] a house for lodging and accommodating travellers, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; &c.; an eating-house (see mahā-s°). [cf. Goth. sibja; Germ. sippa, Sippe; Angl.Sax. sibb; Eng. god-sib, gossip.] sabhāj सभाज् cl. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xxxv, 35]; rather Nom. fr. 7. sa + bhāj) sabhājayati (rarely °te), to serve, honour, worship, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to praise, celebrate, [Kathās.]; [BhP.]; to visit, frequent, [Car.]; [Kathās.]; to beautify, [MW.]; to show, [ib.] sabhāga सभाग sa—bhāga mfn. (for sabhā-ga See under sabhā) having a share (see comp.) common, universal, [Buddh.] corresponding, answering, [ib.] sabhā—gá mfn. (for sa-bhāga See above) going into an assembly or council, [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] sabhāṇḍa सभाण्ड sa—bhāṇḍa mfn. being in a vessel or receptacle, [BhP.] sa-bhāṇḍa , sa-bhārya, sa-bhīti &c. See col. 2. sabhāgya सभाग्य sa—bhāgya mf(A)n. having good fortune, fortunate, [Hariv.]; [R.]; [MārkP.] sabhājya सभाज्य mfn. to be honoured or praised by, [R.] (gen.), [R.] sabhākṣa सभाक्ष sabhā°kṣa (), m. N. of a man, [Hariv.] sabhārya सभार्य sa—bhārya or sa—bhāryaka, mfn. with a wife, having a wife, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pañcar.] sabhāstha सभास्थ sabhā—stha mfn. being at an assembly or court sabhā—stha m. one who sits in an assembly, a courtier, [MW.] sabhāsad सभासद् sabhā—sád m. ‘sitting at an assembly’, an assistant at a meeting or assessor in a court of justice, [AV.]; &c. sabhāvat सभावत् sabhā́—vat (sabhā́-), mfn. fit for a council or assembly, [RV.] sabhāvin सभाविन् sabhā—vín m. the keeper of a gambling-house, [TBr.] (Sch.) sabhācāra सभाचार sabhā°cāra (sabhāc°), m. the customs or usages of society, court-manners, [ib.] sabhācara सभाचर sabhā—cará mfn. = -gá, [VS.] sabhāgatā सभागता sa—bhāga—tā f. participation, companionship, association, [ib.] sabhāgata सभागत sabhā—gata mfn. one who appears before or is present at a court of justice, [Yājñ., Sch.] sabhāgaya सभागय sa—bhā°gaya Nom. °yáti, to impart, [AV.] sabhāgṛha सभागृह sabhā—gṛha n. an assembly-hall, [Cat.] sabhājana सभाजन sa—bhājana mfn. (for See under sabhāj, col. 3) furnished with vessels, [MBh.] (B. mahājana). n. (for sa-bhājana See above, col. 2) service, honour, courtesy, politeness, civility (esp. in receiving or taking leave of a friend), [R.]; [Kālid.]; [Śiś.] sabhājita सभाजित mfn. served, honoured, gratified, pleased, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. praised, celebrated, [BhP.] sabhākāra सभाकार sabhā—kāra m. the builder of a hall &c., [MBh.]; [R.] sabhānara सभानर sabhā—nara m. N. of a son of Kakṣeyu, [Hariv.] of a son of Anu, [Pur.] sabhāpāla सभापाल sabhā—pāla m. the keeper of a public, building or assembly, [TBr.]; [MBh.] sabhāpūjā सभापूजा sabhā—pūjā f. respectful words addressed to an audience (in the prelude of a drama), [MW.] sabhāpati सभापति sabhā—páti m. the president of an assembly or council, [VS.]; [Kathās.] &c. N. of Bhūta-karman, [MBh.] of an author, [Cat.] sabhāratā सभारता sa—bhāra-tā f. fulness, abundance, great prosperity, [ŚāṅkhBr.] sabhāsāha सभासाह sabhā—sāhá m. one who is superior in an assembly, superior, eminent, [RV.] sabhāsīna सभासीन sabhā°sīna (sabhās°), mfn. sitting in (or presiding at) a council or court of justice, [Rājat.] sabhāsada सभासद sabhā—sada m. id., [R.]; [Pañcat.] sabhāvana सभावन sa—bhāvana m. N. of Śiva, [MBh.] sabhādhairya सभाधैर्य sabhā—dhairya n. boldness in company, [MW.] sabhāmadhye सभामध्ये sabhā—madhye ind. in society, [Cāṇ.] sabhāntare सभान्तरे sabhā°ntare (sabhānt°), ind. in society, [Subh.] sabhāryaka सभार्यक sa—bhārya or sa—bhāryaka, mfn. with a wife, having a wife, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pañcar.] sabhāsthāṇu सभास्थाणु sabhā—sthāṇú m. ‘post at a gambling-house’, either ‘a gambling-table’ or ‘a man who sits like a post at a gambling-table’, a persistent gambler, [VS.] sabhāsiṃha सभासिंह sabhā—siṃha m. N. of a king of Bundelkhand (patron of Śaṃkara Dīkṣita), [Cat.] sabhāstāra सभास्तार sabhā°stāra (sabhāst°), m. an assistant at an assembly, assessor in a court of justice, [Bhar.] a partaker of a game, [MBh.] sabhāyogya सभायोग्य sabhā—yogya mfn. suitable for (good) society, [Prasaṅg.] sabhābharaṇa सभाभरण sabhā—°bharaṇa (prob.) w.r. for sabhyābh°. sabhākaumudī सभाकौमुदी sabhā—kaumudī f. N. of wk. sabhānāṭaka सभानाटक sabhā—nāṭaka n. N. of a drama (by Maheśvara). sabhānāyaka सभानायक sabhā—nāyaka m. the president of an assembly, chairman, [MW.] the keeper of a gambling-house, [ib.] sabhāparvan सभापर्वन् sabhā—parvan n. N. of the second book of the Mahā-bhārata (describing the great assembly at Hastināpura and the gambling between Yudhiṣṭhira and Śakuni, in which the former staked all his possessions, including his wife Draupadī). sabhāvasara सभावसर sabhā°vasara (sabhāv°), m. the occasion of an assembly, [Vet.] sabhāvinoda सभाविनोद sabhā—vinoda m. N. of wk. (by Daiva-jña Dāmodara) on proper conduct in assemblies. sabhācāturya सभाचातुर्य sabhā—cāturya n. politeness in society, [MW.] sabhāmaṇḍana सभामण्डन sabhā—maṇḍana n. the adorning or arranging of an assembly-room, [MW.] sabhāmaṇḍapa सभामण्डप sabhā—maṇḍapa m. an assembly-hall, [Vās.] sabhāpariṣad सभापरिषद् sabhā—pariṣad f. the session of an assembly or council, [MBh.] sabhārañjana सभारञ्जन sabhā—rañjana n. N. of a Kāvya (by Nīla-kaṇṭha Dīkṣita). sabhātaraṃga सभातरंग sabhā—taraṃga m. N. of wk. on polite conversation in Sanskṛt (by Jagan-nātha-miśra). sabhāprapādin सभाप्रपादिन् sabhā—prapādin mfn. frequenting assemblies, [NīlarUp.] sabhāsthānastha सभास्थानस्थ sabhā—sthāna-stha mfn. being in the audience-hall (said of a king), [Rājat.] sabhāvaśakara सभावशकर sabhā—vaśa-kara mfn. controlling or influencing an assembly, [Hit.] sabhāpraveśana सभाप्रवेशन sabhā—praveśana n. entering a court of justice, [PārGṛ.] sabhāsaṃnayana सभासंनयन sabhā—saṃnayana n., [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. i, 1, 73], Vārtt. 2. sabhāpativilāsa सभापतिविलास sabhā—pati—vilāsa m. N. of wk. sabhāraṇyavitaṅkavat सभारण्यवितङ्कवत् sabhā°raṇya-vitaṅka-vat (sabhār°), mfn. one to whom the Sabhā and Araṇya-parvan (of the Mahā-bhārata) are the highest point, [MBh.]