गुह

{ guhḥ, guha(s), guha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

GUHA   King of the country of Niṣādas alias Śṛṅgiverapura, on the banks of the river Gaṅgā. Śrī Rāma when he went on exile to the forests went to the residence of Guha accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā. Guha, a devotee of Rāma, received them with respect offering them many kinds of fruits and roots to eat. But Śrī Rāma said that it was not proper to accept fruits and roots and so he drank only pure water from him. But Guha was asked to feed his horse. At night when Lakṣmaṇa stood watch over Rāma and Sītā, Guha volunteered to stand guard but Lakṣmaṇa refused to accept the offer. So Guha kept company with Lakṣmaṇa and both of them spent the night talking to each other. In the morning as per Rāma's request Guha brought a canoe and Guha himself took Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā to the other side of the river. [Sarga 50, Vālmīki Rāṃāyaṇa, Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa] . Guha is seen next when Bharata comes to the forest in search of Rāma. When Bharata returned from Kekaya he went in search of Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa and came to Guha in Śṛṅgiverapura. Guha then gave Bharata all available information regarding Śrī Rāma. Guha then sent the Dāśa army along with Bharata. [Sarga 84, Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa] . Guha, chief of Śṛṅgiverapura, spent the night with Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa under an Oka tree. [Chapter 6, Agni Purāṇa] .
GUHA(S)   A tribe of people of ancient India. Āndhras, Pulindas, Cucukas, Guhas, Śabaras and Bhadras are some of the tribes of the south. [Śloka 42, Chapter 207, Śānti Parva] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : कार्तिकेय, टट्टी

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

गुह II. n.  शृंगावेर नामक नगरी का किराताधिपति । यह दशरथ का परममित्र था । राम अयोध्या से निकल कर दंडकारण्य जा रहा था, तब एक गुह के घर रहा था । उस समय गुह ने उसका अच्छा आदरतिथ्य किया । राम के वनवास के बारह वर्षे वहीं व्यतीत हो, ऐसी प्रार्थना गुह ने राम से की । गुह द्वारा लाये गये फलादिकों को स्पर्श कर, राम ने दर्शाया कि, वह परान्नग्रहण नहीं करता । राम ने सीता दर्भ बिछा कर सोये, तथा गुह राम की रक्षा के लिये खडा रहा । उस समय राम के विचित्र प्रारब्ध के बारे में इसके मन में विचार आ रहे थे । इस विषय पर इसका लक्ष्मण से संभाषण भी हुआ [वा.रा.अयो. ५०.५१] । दूसरे दिन गृह ने राम की आज्ञानुसार गंगा के दक्षिण तीर पर उन्हें पहुँचा दिया [वा.रा.अयो.५२] । राम चित्रकूटपर्वत पर थे । भरत बडी सेना के साथ उसे वापस लाने के लिये गया । उस समय भरत रामनाशार्थ जा रहा है, इस संदेहवश इसने अपनी सेना सज्ज की । भरत का सत्य हेतु ज्ञात होते ही, इसने उसे ससैन्य गंगापार पहुँचाया । भरत के साथ यह स्वयं चित्रकूट तक गया था [वा.रा.अयो. ८४-८७] ।

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. १ कार्तिकस्वामी . २ रामास गंगापार नेणारा कोळी . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गुह  m.  m. ( g. अश्मा-दि) ‘reared in a secret place’, N. of स्कन्द (the god; cf. कार्त्तिकेय), [MBh. iii, ix, xiii]; [Hariv. 10478]; [Suśr.]; [Kum.] &c.
N. of शिव, [MBh. xiii, 1263]
of विष्णु, [W.]
of a king of the निषादs (friend of राम), [R. i f., vi]; [Mcar. iv, 60/7]
N. belonging to persons of the writer caste, [W.]
a horse (‘a swift horse’ [W.]), [L.]
गुह  m.  m. pl. N. of a people in the south of India, [MBh. xii, 7559]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

गुहः [guhḥ]   [गुह्-क]
An epithet of Kārtikeya; गुह इवाप्रति- हतशक्तिः [K.8;] [Ku.5.14.]
A horse.
 N. N. of a Chāṇḍāla or Niṣāda, king of Śṛiṅgaver and a friend of Rāma.
An epithet of Viṣṇu; also of Śiva.-Comp.
-कम्   (pl.) the number six.
-राजः   the peculiar form of construction of a temple.
-षष्ठी   the sixth day in the first fortnight of मार्गशीर्ष.

Shabda-Sagara

गुह   r. 1st cl. (ऊ)गुहू(गुहति) To cover, to cover as with clothes. to wear.
गुह  m.  ( -ह)
1. A name of KARTIKEYA.
2. A name of VISHNU.
3. A swift horse.
4. The name of Nishada, ruler of Sringavera, the friend of [Page242-b+ 60] RAMA.
5. A name or title proper to persons of the writer caste.
 f.  ( -हा)
1. A cave, a cavern.
2. A pit, a hole in the ground.
3. A plant, commonly Chakuliya: see सिंहपुच्छी.
E. गुह to conceal, affixes अङ् and टाप.

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गुह अङ् टाप