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हा(ā), f. coition
a lute
f. abandonment, desertion, [L.]
ind. an exclamation expressive of pain, anger, astonishment, satisfaction &c. (= ah! alas! oh! ha! often before or after a voc. case, also repeated hā-hā cf. hahā above, or followed by other particles, esp. dhik, hanta, kaṣṭam &c.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.,
(not always separable fr. √ 3. ) cl. 3. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxv, 7]) jíhīte (p. jíhāna [q.v.]; pf. jahiré, [AV.]; aor. ahāsta, [RV.] &c.; fut. hātā Gr.; hāsyate, [Br.]; [MBh.]; inf. -hātum, [ib.]; ind.p. hātvā Gr.; -hā́ya, [RV.]), to start or spring forward, bound away, give way to (dat.), [RV.]; to spring or leap upon (?), [RV. x, 49, 5]; to go or depart or betake one's self to have recourse to (acc.), [Nalod.] ; to fall or come into any state, [Kir.] : Pass. hāyate (aor. ahāyi) Gr.: Caus. hāpayati (aor. ajīhapat), [ib.] : Desid. jihāsate, [ib.] : Intens. jahāyate, jāhāti, jāheti, [ib.]
cl. 3. P. ([Dhātup. xxv, 8]) jáhāti (rarely cl. 1. jahati; 3. du. jahītaḥ or jahitaḥ, Impv. jahīhi or jahihi [or jahāhi, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 117]]; jahītāt, [AV.]; Pot. jahyāt, [AV.] &c.; pf. jahau, jahúḥ, [RV.] &c.; jahe, [Br.]; aor. ahāt, [ib.] &c.; ahāsīt, Gr.; 3. sg. ahās, [RV.]; áhāsi, [AV.]; hāsiṣṭa, [ib.]; fut. hātā, Gr.; hāsyati, °te, [AV.] &c.; jahiṣyati, [MBh.] &c.; inf. hātum, [ib.]; ind.p. hitvā́. [q.v.], [RV.] &c.; hitvī́, °tvā́ya, [RV.]; -hītvā, Gr.; -hā́ya, [Br.], hī́yam, [TS.]), to leave, abandon, desert, quit, forsake, relinquish (with śarīram, deham, prāṇān, asūn, jīvitam &c. = ‘to die’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to discharge, emit, [ib.]; to put away, take off, remove, lay aside, give up, renounce, resign, avoid, shun, abstain or refrain from, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to disregard, neglect, [ib.]; to lose, be deprived of [R.]; [Kām.]; to get rid of, escape from, [Up.]; [MBh.] &c.; to cause to emit (with śardham, ‘to cause to break wind’), [Vop.] : Pass. hīyáte or hī́yate (ep. also hīyati; aor. ahāyi), to be left or abandoned or deserted &c.; to be left behind, fall short of (abl.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to be excluded from or bereft of (abl. or instr.; with prāṇaiḥ, ‘to die’), [KaṭhUp.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be overtaken by (instr.), [MBh.]; to be deficient or wanting, suffer loss or injury, fail (also in a lawsuit), decrease, wane, decline, come to an end, [ChUp.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to weigh less (at the ordeal of the balance), [Yājñ., Sch.]; to be given up or avoided, [Bhartṛ.] (v.l.); to be subtracted, [VarBṛS.]; to become detached from (with abl. or instr.), fall out (as hair), [BhP.] : Caus. hāpayati (mc. also °te aor. ajīhapat; -jīhipaḥ, [RV.]), to cause to leave or abandon &c.; to omit, neglect, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to fall short of, be wanting in (acc.), [MBh.]; [Cāṇ.]; to give up (asūn, ‘life’), [Hariv.]; to lose (kālam, ‘time’), [Kām.]; to abandon (pratijñām, ‘a thesis’), [Jātakam.] : Desid. jihāsati, to wish to leave or abandon, [Daś.]; [BhP.]; [HPariś.]; to wish to reject or disdain, [Prab.]; to wish to escape, [Sarvad.] : Intens. jehīyate, jāhāti, jāheti Gr.
hādiहादिm. or f. a spider (= lūtā), [L.]
hāhāहाहाm. (for hā hā See under 1. hā, p. 1296, col. 1) a Gandharva or N. of a Gandharva, [ŚrS.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
a partic. high number, ten thousand billions (mahā-hāhā, ‘a hundred thousand billions’), [MW.]
hālāहाला(ā), f. spirituous liquor (a provincial term accord. to [Vām. v, 1, 13])
hālīहाली(ī), f. a wife's younger sister, [L.]
hālaहालm. = hala, a plough, [L.]
a ‘scraper’ (kind of bird), [Suśr.], Sch.
N. of Bala-rāma (cf. haladhara), [L.]
of Sātavāhana, [Cat.]
of a king (son of Ariṣṭa-karman), [VP.]
, hālaka, hālika &c. See p. 1293, cols. 1 and 2.
hāluहालुm. a tooth, [Uṇ. i], [i], Sch.
hānaहानmfn. gone or departed &c. (in sáṃhāna, ‘risen’), [VS.]
n. the act of abandoning, relinquishing, giving up, escaping, getting rid of [Gaut.]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.]
want, lack, [Kap.]
cessation, [ib.]; [Bhartṛ.] (v.l.)
, hāni &c. See p. 1296, col. 2.
hāniहानिf. (accord. to some fr. √ han) abandonment, relinquishment, [Kuval.]
taking off, laying aside (ornaments), [Subh.]
decrease, diminution, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
deprivation of (abl.), [Gaut.]
damage, loss, failure (also in a lawsuit), ruin, [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.
insufficiency, deficit, a minus, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.] cessation, disappearance, non-existence, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c.
hānuहानुm. a tooth (v.l. hālu), [L.]
hāḍīहाडीf. a kind of written character, [Jaim.]
hāḍiहाडिm. N. of a man, [Rājat.]
hārāहारा(ā), f., [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 104]
hārīहारी(ī), f. a pearl, [L.]
a girl of bad reputation (unfit for marriage), [L.]
a kind of metre, [Col.]
hāraहारmf(I)n. bearing, carrying, carrying away, stealing (e.g. kṣīra-h°, ‘stealing milk’), [MārkP.]
levying, raising (e.g. kara-h°, ‘raising taxes’), [BhP.]
ravishing, charming, delightful (or ‘relating to Hari i.e. Viṣṇu’), [ib.]
relating to Hara or Śiva, [Nalac.]
m. taking away, removal, [ib.]
confiscation, forfeiture (of land, money &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kathās.]
waste, loss (see kāla-h°)
war, battle, [W.]
a carrier, porter, [ib.]
(in arithm.) a divisor or division, [Col.]
(in prosody) a long syllable, [ib.]
a garland of pearls, necklace (accord. to some, one of 108 or 64 strings), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
(for 3. See p. 1292, col. 1) Nom. P. °rati to be like a string of pearls, [Dhūrtas.]
mfn. (for 1. and 2. See p. 1289, col. 2) relating to Hari or Viṣṇu, [BhP.]
, hāraka, hārin &c. See p. 1289, cols. 2 and 3.
hārdहार्द्(fr. and = hṛd). See dur- and su-hā́rd.
hāriहारिm. = 1. hāra (see aṅga-h°)
a caravan, [L.]
losing a game (in gambling), [L.]
mfn. captivating, charming, beautiful, [W.]
hāsāहासा(ā), f. N. of Durgā, [L.]
hāsaहासm. (ifc. f(A). ) laughing, laughter, mirth (often in pl.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
mocking, derision of (gen.), [R.]
a jest, joke, fun (ākhyāna-h°, ‘a funny story’), [Kathās.]
dazzling whiteness (regarded as laughter in which the teeth are shown), [R.]; [Kathās.]; [Sāh.]
pride, arrogance, [BhP.]
, hāsya. See p. 1294, cols. 2 and 3.
hātaहातmfn. given up, abandoned, [BhP.]
, hātavya, hātu. See p. 1296, col. 2.
hātuहातुm. or f. death, [L.]
a road, [L.]
hāvaहावm. calling, alluring, dalliance, blandishment (collective N. of ten coquettish gestures of women, beginning with līlā, q.v.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
&c. See p. 1294, cols. 1 and 2.
hāvuहावुind. an exclamation of joy (used in chanting a Sāman), [TUp.]
hāṭaहाट. See karahāṭa, p. 255, col. 1.
hāyiहायिind. an exclamation used in chanting a Sāman (cf. hāi), [MBh.]
hāṃsaहांसmfn. (fr. haṃsa) relating to a goose or swan, [Car.]
hāhasहाहस्m. a Gandharva, [L.]
hāmphaहाम्फ(?), [Pañcad.]
hāramहारम्ind. seizing, destroying (cf. sarvasvah°), [Kusum.]
hārdaहार्दhā́rda mfn. relating to or being in the heart, [Suparṇ.]; [Śaṃk.]; [BhP.]
hā́rda (am), n. love, kindness, affection for (loc. or comp.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
meaning, intention, purpose, [BhP.]
hārdiहार्दिhā́rdi m. the heart, [AV.]
contentment, ease, comfort, [VarBṛS.]
hā́rdi n. the heart or interior of the body (also applied to the intestines), [RV.]
hārgaहार्ग(?) m. (said to lie fr. √ 1. hṛ) satisfaction, [L.]
hārinहारिन्mfn. taking, carrying, carrying away, stealing, robbing (gen. or comp.), [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.
removing, dispelling, destroying, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]
taking to one's self, appropriating, levying or raising (taxes), [Bhartṛ.]; [Rājat.]
surpassing, exceeding, [VarBṛS.]
ravishing, captivating, attracting, charming (°ri-tva n.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
(fr. 1. hāra) having or wearing a garland of pearls, [Bhartṛ.]; [BhP.]
hāryāहार्या(ā), f. a kind of sandal wood, [L.]
hāryaहार्यhāryà mfn. to be borne or carried, [Hariv.]; [Kālid.]; [Kathās.]
to be taken away or carried off or robbed or appropriated, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
to be shaken or altered (see a-h°)
to be won over or bribed, [Mṛcch.]; [Vās.]
to be acted (as a play), [Bhar.]
(in arithm.) to be divided, the dividend, [Āryabh.], Sch.
captivating, charming, [MBh. xiii, 1429]
hāryá m. a serpent, [MW.]
Terminalia Bellerica, [L.]
. See p. 1289, col. 3.
hāsasहासस्m. the moon, [Uṇ. iv, 220], Sch.
hāsinहासिन्mfn. laughing, smiling at (comp.), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
dazzlingly white (cf. under hāsa), brilliant or adorned with, [ib.]
hāstaहास्तmfn. formed with the hands (with mukūla n. = añjali), [Nalod.]
, hāstika, hāstina. See p. 1296, col. 1.
hāsyaहास्यmfn. to be laughed at, laughable, ridiculous, funny, comical, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
laughing, laughter, mirth (in rhet. one of the 10 Rasas or of the 8 Sthāyi-bhāvas, qq.vv.), [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.
jest, fun, amusement, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
hātraहात्रn. (?) wages, hire, [L.]
= (or w.r. for) hāntra, [L.]
hāvinहाविन्mfn. offering an oblation, sacrificing (in eka-h°), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
hāyasहायस्. See ví- and sárva-hāyas.
hāyinहायिन्mfn. leaving, abandoning, neglecting, [ib.]
hāphikāहाफिकाf. gaping, yawning, [L.]
hāhālaहाहालhāhala or , n. the above poison, [L.]
hāhalaहाहलor hāhāla, n. the above poison, [L.]
hāhavaहाहवm. a kind of hell (cf. hahava), [Kāraṇḍ.]
hākāraहाकारhā—kāra m. the exclamation hā, [Śiś.]
hākinīहाकिनीf. a partic. female demon (cf. ḍākinī and śākinī), [Tantras.]
hālāhaहालाहm. = halāha, [L.]
hālakaहालकm. a horse of a yellowish brown or tawny colour, [L.]
hāleyaहालेयm. (fr. hali) N. of a king, [BhP.]
hālikaहालिकmfn. relating or belonging to a plough, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 124]
m. a ploughman, agriculturist, [Rājat.]; [Pañcat.]
a slaughterer (used in explaining go-vikarta), [KātyŚr.], Sch.
hālinīहालिनीf. a kind of lizard, [L.]
hānīyaहानीयmfn. = hātavya, [MW.]
hāndraहान्द्र(?) n. dying, death, [W.]
hāntraहान्त्रn. dying, death (= maraṇa), [Uṇ. iv, 159], Sch.
a Rākṣasa, [L.]
dying, death, [L.]
war, fight, [L.]
hānukaहानुकmfn. killing, hurting, mischievous (= ghātuka), [L.]
, hāntra. See p. 1288, col. 1.
hāpanaहापनn. (fr. Caus.) the act of causing to quit or abandon &c.
diminution, [Suśr.]
, hāpita. See p. 1296, col. 2.
hāpitaहापितmfn. (fr. id.) caused to be left or abandoned &c.
injured (as a deposit), [Yājñ.]
deprived of (instr.), [BhP.]
hāḍikāहाडिकाf. an earthen pot (cf. haṇḍikā), [Kathārṇ.]
hārāyaहारायNom. Ā. °yate, to become a string of pearls, [Pārśvan.]
hārītīहारीती(ī), f. N. of a deity (-putra m. N. of a family, [IndSt.])
hārītaहारीतm. (for 2. See p. 1292, col. 1) a thief, cheat, rogue, [MW.]
roguery, cheating, fraud, [ib.]
m. (for 1. See p. 1289, col. 3) = harīta, the Haritāla pigeon, [MBh.]; [Suśr.] &c.
N. of various authors &c. (esp. of a lawyer often quoted), [Āpast.]; [TPrāt.]; [MBh.] &c.
pl. the descendants of Hārīta, [VP.]
hārītiहारीतिm. pl. patr. fr. hārīta, [Pravar.]
hāraṇāहारणाf. (fr. Caus.) causing to take or seize &c., [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 107], Sch.
hārakaहारकmf(ikA)n. taking, seizing, robbing, stealing (see artha-, aśva-h°)
removing, taking upon one's self (see samagra-mala-h°)
ravishing, captivating (in gopī-nayana-h°, ‘captivating the eyes of the Gopīs’, [Pañcar.])
m. a thief, robber, [L.]
a gambler, cheat, rogue, [Rājat.]
a divisor, [Āryabh.], Sch.
a string of pearls, [Pañcat.]
Trophis Aspera, [L.]
a kind of prose composition, [L.]
a kind of science, [L.]
hāravaहारवm. N. of an inhabitant of hell, [L.]
hārayuहारयुN. of a place, [Cat.]
hārdinहार्दिन्mfn. feeling affection for (loc.), [MārkP.]
hāriṇaहारिणmfn. belonging or relating to or derived from deer, [Kauś.]; [MBh.] &c.
n. venison, [MW.]
hārikāहारिका(ikā), f. a kind of metre, [Col.]
hārikaहारिकmfn. being like Hari (= harir iva) g. aṅguly-ādi
m. pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.]
, hāriṇa, hārita, hāridra &c. See p. 1292, col. 1.
hārisaहारिसm. or n. a partic. high number, [Buddh.]
hāritāहारिता(ā), f. a kind of Svara-bhakti (v.l. haritā), [TPrāt.], Sch.
hāritīहारिती(ī), f. a patr. (-putra m. a son of Harītī), [Lalit.]
hāritaहारितmfn. (fr. Caus.; for 2. See p. 1292, col. 1) caused to be taken or seized &c.
brought, conveyed, [Kum.]
robbed, carried off, [Kathās.]
made away with, lost, relinquished, [Mṛcch.]; [Rājat.] &c.
deprived of (acc.), [Kām.]
surpassed, exceeded, [Gīt.]
captivated, fascinated, [MW.]
m. (fr. harit and harita) green (the colour), [W.]
a moderate wind neither too gentle nor too strong, [L.]
the Haritāla pigeon, [L.]
‘descendant of Harita’, N. of a son of Viśvāmitra (pl. his family, also called haritāḥ), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.]
hārmyaहार्म्यhārmyá n. v.l. for harmyá, [TĀr.]
hārtraहार्त्रn. (fr. hartṛ) g. udgātr-ādi.
hārukaहारुकhā́ruka mf(A)n. seizing, consuming, [TS.]
hārṣṇiहार्ष्णिf. = haraṇa, [L.]
hāsakaहासकm. one who causes laughter, a buffoon, jester, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Subh.]
a laugher, [MW.]
hāsanaहासनmfn. (fr. Caus.) causing laughter, funny, comical, [Kathās.]
hāsikāहासिका(ikā), f. laughter, mirth, merry-making, [L.]
hāsinīहासिनी(inī), f. N. of an Apsaras, [MBh.]
hāvakaहावकm. (fr. Caus.) the institutor of a sacrifice, [Siṃhās.]
m. a caller, summoner, (in nuptial ceremonies) one who summons the bride, an attendant on the bridegroom.
, hāvanīya, hāvin &c. See p. 1294, cols. 1 and 2.
hāṭakīहाटकीf. N. of a river in the lower world, [BhP.]
hāṭakaहाटकm. (said to be fr. √ haṭ; perhaps connected with hiraṇya) N. of a country and people, [MBh.]
a partic. magical drink, [BhP.]
n. ‘found in Hāṭaka’, gold, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
mf(I)n. = next, [Śiś.]
hāyakaहायकmfn. giving up, abandoning, [MBh.]
, hāyin. See p. 1296, col. 2.
hāyanīहायनी(ī), f. a year, [AV. xii, 1, 36]
hāyanaहायनmf(A or I)n. (for 2. See p. 1297, col. 1) quitting, leaving, [MW.]
passing away, [ib.]
hāyaná m. n. (accord. to native authorities fr. √ 1. or hā; but cf. hayana) a year (ifc. f(I). , and accord. to [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 27] also f(A). ), [AV.] &c. &c.
hāyaná m. a sort of red rice (pl. its grains), [MaitrS.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
a flame, ray, [L.]
hāyaná mfn. lasting a year or returning every year (applied to Takman, q.v.), [AV.]
hāyatiहायतिm. N. of a man, [Saṃskārak.]
hāṅgaraहाङ्गरm. a large fish, shark, [L.]
hāikāraहाइकारhāi-kāra m. the exclamation hāi, [Lāṭy.]
hālāsyaहालास्यm. N. of a place sacred to Śiva
hālabhṛtहालभृत्hāla—bhṛt m. N. of Bala-rāma (= hala-bhṛt), [MW.]
hāmbīrīहाम्बीरीf. (in music) a kind of Rāgiṇī (cf. naṭṭa-hambīrā), [Saṃgīt.]
hānavyaहानव्यmfn. being in the jaws (as a tooth), [Suśr.]
, hānu. See p. 1288, col. 2.
hāndaṇaहान्दण. N. of a place, [Cat.]
hānikṛtहानिकृत्hāni—kṛt mfn. causing loss, prejudicial, destructive, [Kathās.]