As a Hindi name
लोध्र · lodhra · s.m.
A kind of medicine, the bark of the tree Symplocos racemosa (which is also used in dyeing) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 968
लेना
to take; to buy, get; to take on; an element of compound verbs
Śabdasāgara also records: लोध नामक वृक्ष · एक जाति का नाम
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit लभते — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Sanskrit रभ॑ते (rábhate) Sanskrit लभते (labhate) Prakrit 𑀮𑀳𑀇 (lahaï) ▲ Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ. ▲ Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei)influ. Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀇 (lei) Hindi लेना Inherited from Prakrit लेइ (lei), adapted from लहइ (lahaï) by analogy with देइ (dei, “give”) (whence Hindi देना (de…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
A tree, the bark of which is used in dyeing, (Symplocos racemosa.) E. rudha to hinder, aff. ran, and la substituted for ra.
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lodhra m. = rodhra, Symplocos Racemosa, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
lodhra m. (-dhraḥ) A tree, the bark of which is used in dyeing, (Symplocos racemosa.) E. rudha to hinder, aff. ran, and la substituted for ra.
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