commerce, trade

sabhā (f.), an assembly; a hall for meeting.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

Sabhā (f.) [Vedic sabhā, cp. K.Z. iv.370] 1. a hall, assembly- room D ii.274; A i.143; S i.176; J i.119; 157, 204. <-> 2. a public rest -- house, hostelry J i.302. dhamma˚ chapel J vi.333.
   -- gata=sabhaggata S v.394; M i.286.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

sabhā́ f. (of unknown derivation, but probably to be connected with 7. sa
• ifc. also sabha, n
• Pāṇ. 2-4. 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, ṣippe ; Angl. Sax. sibb ; Eng. god-sib, gossip.]

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William

【梵】सभा【中】大眾
【藏】'dus ba
【藏】འདུས་བ་

 

Mahāvyutpatti - DDBC version