ह _h

ह ind. An emphatic particle used to lay stress on the preceding word and translateable by 'verily', 'indeed', 'certainly', &c.; but it is often used expletively without any particular signification, especially in Vedic literature; तस्य ह शतं जाया बभूवुः; तस्य ह पर्वतनारदौ गृह उषतुः &c. Ait. Br.; द्वया ह प्राजापत्या देवाश्चासुराश्च Bṛi. Up.1.3.1. It is sometimes used as a vocative particle and rarely of disdain or laughter.

-हः 1 A form of Śiva.

-2 Water.

-3 Sky.

-4 Blood.

-5 A cipher.

-6 Medita- tion.

-7 Auspiciousness.

-8 Paradise.

-9 Heaven.

-1 Drying.

-11 Fear.

-12 Knowledge.

-13 The moon.

-14 N. of Viṣṇu.

-15 War, battle.

-16 A horse.

-17 Pride.

-18 Horripilation.

-19 A physician.

-2 Cause, motive.

-हम् 1 The Supreme Spirit.

-2 Pleasure, delight.

-3 A weapon.

-4 The sparkling of a gem.

-5 The sound of a lute (-m. also according to some in these senses).