In
Hinduism, lobha (
Sanskrit: लोभ) is the concept of character affliction that refers to any form of "sensuality, lust, desire" or "attachment to sensual objects".[1][2][3] It is one of the
five kleshas that afflict the
Ātman.[4] It is one of the
Shadripurs.[5]
Lobha is a
Sanskrit technical term, used in jurisdiction, meaning "greed for wealth".[6] It has been cited as one of the causes of perjury.[6]
In literature
The word lobha is used in religious literature such as the Manusmriti.[7]Lobha refers to material greed. According to the Vishnu Purana, lobha represents a type of spiritual pain of the emotional kind.[8] Accordingly, "the wise man investigates the three types of worldly suffering, or mental and physical suffering and the like, and attains true knowledge and detachment from human objects, attaining ultimate extinction".[6]Ramayana advises forest dwellers to give up lobha in verse 2.24.
^Pali Text Society (1921-1925),
“lobha”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead,
page 588
^Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985),
"lobha", in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press,
page 649
^Patañjali; et al. (2007).
"Aphorisms, Section II of Pātañjalayogasūtra-s". Archived from
the original on 2007-12-22. Retrieved November 23, 2007. quite : अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः पञ्च क्लेशाः॥३॥ Avidyāsmitārāgadveṣābhiniveśāḥ pañca kleśāḥ