alābu, Skt. Lex. ālābu), bottle-gourd: Mv ii.126.4; 127.8;
128.13; 129.15 (in all these tiktāl°); 232.3; °bu-śreṇi, row
of gourds (used as a raft), Mv iii.68.6 (°iyaṃ, acc. sg.);
78.3 (°iyo, acc. pl.). Initial ā in one ms. iii.68.6; short a
iii.78.3, and Senart with v.l. 68.6 (tiktalāmbu mss. ii.129.
15); otherwise saṃdhi makes quantity undetermined. In
second syllable mss. regularly -āmb-; -amb- only ii.232.3;
-āb- in one ms. only ii.126.4; iii.68.6; Senart usually prints
-āb-.