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ह 1. the thirty-third and last consonant of the नागरी alphabet (in पाणिनि's system belonging to the guttural class, and usually pronounced like the English h in hard; it is not an original letter, but is mostly derived from an older घ्, rarely from ध् or भ्). ह m. 2.m. (only [L.] ) a form of शिव or भैरव (cf. नकुली-श) water a cipher (i.e. the arithmetical figure which symbolizes o) meditation, auspiciousness sky, heaven, paradise blood dying fear knowledge the moon विष्णु war, battle horripilation a horse pride a physician cause, motive पाप-हरण = सकोप-वारण = शुष्क = ह mf. mf. laughter ह n. n. the Supreme Spirit pleasure, delight a weapon the sparkling of a gem calling, calling to the sound of a lute ह n. ind. = अहम् (?), [IndSt.] ह mfn. mfn. mad, drunk. ह n. 3.ind. (prob. orig. identical with 2.घ, and used as a particle for emphasizing a preceding word, esp. if it begins a sentence closely connected with another; very frequent in the ब्राह्मणs and सूत्रs, and often translatable by) indeed, assuredly, verily, of course, then &c. (often with other particles e.g. with त्व् एव, उ, स्म, वै &c.; न ह, ‘not indeed’; also with interrogatives and relatives e.g. यद् ध, ‘when indeed’; कद् ध, ‘what then?’ sometimes with impf. or pf. [cf. [Pāṇ. 3-2, 116] ]; in later language very commonly used as a mere expletive, esp. at the end of a verse), [RV.] ; &c. ह mfn. 4.mf(आ)n. (fr. √ हन्) killing, destroying, removing (only ifc. ; See अराति-, वृत्र-, शत्रुह &c.) ह mfn. 5.mf(आ)n. (fr. √ 3.हा) abandoning, deserting, avoiding (ifc. ; See अन्-ओक- and वापी-ह) ह a See 4., p. 1286, col. 1. ह b See 5., p. 1286, col. 1.
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