As a deity name
Name 839 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 777 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दुर्लभ · adj
जो कठिनता से मिल सके । जिले पाना सहज न हो । दुष्प्राप्य · अनोखा । बहुत बढ़िया · प्रिय — Śabdasāgara
दुर्लभ · noun · masculine
कचूर · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
दुर्लभ
difficult to find or to obtain, difficult to attain, or to accomplish; rare, choice, excellent, precious, beloved
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दुर्लभ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit दुर्लभ (durlabha). By surface analysis, दुर्- (dur-) + लभ (labh). Related to दुल्हन (dulhan, “bride”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dur—labha mfn. d˚ to be obtained or found, hard, scarce, rare (comp. -tara), Mn.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
hard to be (with inf. MBh. iii, 1728)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
d˚ to be obtained or found, hard, scarce, rare (comp. -tara), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "durlabha" is the vocative of "durlabhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
dur—labha mfn. d˚ to be obtained or found, hard, scarce, rare (comp. -tara), Mn.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
hard to be (with inf. MBh. iii, 1728)
extraordinary, eminent, L.
dear, beloved (also -ka), Kāraṇḍ.
dur—labha m. Curcuma Amhaldi or Zerumbet, L.
dur—labhā f. Alhagi Maurorum or = śveta-kaṇṭa-kārī, L.
Alternative readings
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