guhā गुहा guhā́ (instr. of 2. guh) ( gúhā), f. (gaṇas vṛṣādi and bhidādi) a hiding-place, cave, cavern, [VS. xxx, 16]; [TBr. i]; [MBh.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [Hcat. i, 7] and [10]) (fig.) the heart, [ŚvetUp. iii, 20]; [MBh. xii]; [BhP. ii, 9, 24] Hemionitis cordifolia, [Suśr. i, 19, 27]; [v, 7, 1] (cf. prati-g°) Desmodium gangeticum, [L.] gúhā ind. (3. gúhā), Ved. instr. in a hiding-place, in secret, secretly (opposed to āvís, and especially with √ dhā, ni-√ dhā, √ kṛ, ‘to conceal, remove’), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. xi], [xiii.] & 3., see s.v. guha. guhāśaya गुहाशय guhā—śaya mfn. dwelling in hiding-places or in caverns, [Ragh. iv, 72]; [Suśr.] being in the heart, [Āp.]; [MuṇḍUp.]; [ŚvetUp.]; [MBh. xiv]; [BhP.] (‘N. of Viṣṇu’, [L.]) guhā—śaya m. a tiger, [L.] guhācara गुहाचर guhā—cara mfn. moving in secret i.e. in the heart, [MuṇḍUp.] guhāgarī गुहागरी f. a kind of betel, [Gal.] guhāgṛha गुहागृह guhā—gṛha n. a cavern, [W.] guhāhita गुहाहित guhā—hita mfn. being in a secret place i.e. in the heart, [KaṭhUp.] guhāmukha गुहामुख guhā—mukha mfn. wide-mouthed, open-mouthed, [MBh. iii, 16118]; [Kathās. lv.] guhākāram गुहाकारम् guhā—kā́ram ind. so as to conceal one's self, [TBr. i.] guhāvāsin गुहावासिन् guhā—vāsin m. ‘dwelling in secret’, N. of a Muni, [VāyuP. xxiii, 164] guhāgahanavat गुहागहनवत् guhā—gahana-vat mfn. furnished with caverns and thickets, [R. iv, 48, 6.] guhāvāsitīrtha गुहावासितीर्थ guhā—vā°si-tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [ŚivaP.]