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
विष्णुwar, 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.