InHinduism, 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]
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.