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.]