the thirty-third and last consonant of the Nāgarī alphabet (in Pāṇini'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 gh, rarely from dh or bh).
m. (only [L.]) a form of Śiva or Bhairava (cf. nakulīśa)
water
a cipher (i.e. the arithmetical figure which symbolizes o)
meditation, auspiciousness
sky, heaven, paradise
blood
dying
fear
knowledge
the moon
Viṣṇu
war, battle
horripilation
a horse
pride
a physician
cause, motive
= pāpa-haraṇa
= sakopa-vāraṇa
= śuṣka
hā (also ā, f.) laughter
(am), n. the Supreme Spirit
pleasure, delight
a weapon
the sparkling of a gem
calling, calling to the sound of a lute
ind. = aham (?), [IndSt.]
mfn. mad, drunk.
ind. (prob. orig. identical with 2. gha, and used as a particle for emphasizing a preceding word, esp. if it begins a sentence closely connected with another; very frequent in the Brāhmaṇas and Sūtras, and often translatable by) indeed, assuredly, verily, of course, then &c. (often with other particles, e.g. with tv eva, u, sma, vai &c.; na ha, ‘not indeed’; also with interrogatives and relatives, e.g. yad dha, ‘when indeed’; kad dha, ‘what then?’ sometimes with impf. or pf. [cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 116]]; in later language very commonly used as a mere expletive, esp. at the end of a verse), [RV.]; &c.
mf(A)n. (fr. √ han) killing, destroying, removing (only ifc.; see arāti-, vṛtra-, śatruha &c.)
mf(A)n. (fr. √ 3. hā) abandoning, deserting, avoiding (ifc.; see an-oka- and vāpī-ha)
See 4. , p. 1286, col. 1.
See 5. , p. 1286, col. 1.