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bahu

bahú mf(vI/ or u)n. much, many, frequent, abundant, numerous, great or considerable in quantity (n. also as subst. with gen.), [RV.] (rarely in [Maṇḍ. i]-[ix]), [AV.] &c. &c. (tadbahu-yad, ‘it is a great matter that’, [MBh.]; tvayā me bahu kṛtaṃ-yad, ‘you have done me a great service by — or that —’, [Nal.]; kim bahunā, ‘what occasion is there for much talk?’ i.e. ‘in short’, [Śak.]; [Hit.])

abounding or rich in (instr.), [ŚBr.]

large, great, mighty, [AV.] &c. &c.

bahú (ú), ind. much, very, abundantly, greatly, in a high degree, frequently, often, mostly, [RV.] &c. &c. (often ibc., where also = nearly, almost, rather, somewhat ; cf. bahu-tṛṇa, bahu-trivarṣa and [Pāṇ. v, 3, 68]; bahu-√ man = to think much of, esteem highly, prize, value)

bahú n. the pl. number, [AitBr.]

&c. See p. 724.