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ahar

áhar n. (the weak cases come fr. áhan, q.v., the middle ones fr. áhas [see below] or in [RV.] also fr. áhan, q.v.) a day, [RV.] &c.

a sacrificial or festival day, portion of a sacrifice appointed for one day's performance, [AitBr.] &c. (often ifc., as dvādaśāhá, &c. See s.v. 2. áha)

day personified as one of the eight Vasus, [MBh. i, 2582] seqq.

N. of an Āṅgirasa, [KāṭhAnukr.]

of a Tīrtha, [MBh. iii, 6070]

(áhanī) nom. du. day and night, [RV.]; [AV. xiii, 2, 3] (cf. áhaś ca kṛṣṇám áhar árjunam ca, ‘the black and the white day’ i.e. night and day, [RV. vi, 9, 1])