अंहु

{ aṃhu, aṁhu }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

AṀHU   An Asura in the period of the Ṛgveda. This Asura had been doing much harm to the hermits. Purukutsa was the hermit whom he tormented most. Indra vanquished this Asura and destroyed seven of his cities. [Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 11, Sūkta 63, Khaṇḍa 7] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अंहु  mfn.  mfn. (only in compar. अंहीयस्) narrow, [AitBr.] See परो॑-ऽंहु
अंहु  n.  n. (only in Abl. अंहो॑स्) anxiety, distress, [RV.]
अंहु   [ cf. Gk. ἐγγύς; Goth. aggvus; Lat. angustus, anxius, &c.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

अंहु [aṃhu] a.  a. [अंह् मृग˚ कु] (Ved.) Sinful, wicked, injurious (पापकारिन्, हननशील); strait, narrow (?)
-हु  n. n.
Anxiety, distress; sin, crime (?).
Pudendum Muliebre (?). [cf. L. angustus, anxius, Goth. aggvus].
-भेद -दी   having an narrow slit; having the pudendum divided (?).