ahar

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[mw] n. (the weak cases come fr. /ahan q.v., the middle ones fr. /ahas [ see below ] or in RV. also fr. /ahan, q.v.) a day RV. &c 124,3 21710 n. a sacrificial or festival day, portion of a sacrifice appointed for one day's performance AitBr. &c (often ifc., as dvādaśāh/a, &c, see s.v. 2. /aha) 124,3 21711 n. day personified as one of the eight Vasus vasu s MBh. i, 2582 seqq. 124,3 21712 n. N. of an A1n3girasa āṅgirasa,...

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n. (the weak cases come fr. /ahan q.v., the middle ones fr. /ahas [ see below ] or in RV. also fr. /ahan, q.v.) a day RV. &c 124,3 21710 n. a sacrificial or festival day, portion...

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

2,549

Texts Appeared In

117

DCS: a kind of dancing girl | Monier-Williams: ( a/hanI ) nom. du. day and night, RV. ; AV. xiii, 2, 3 ( cf. a/haS ca

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 540 21.2%
2. Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 258 10.1%
3. Mahābhārata 243 9.5%
4. Aitareya-Āraṇyaka 93 3.6%
5. Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 83 3.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: ahaḥ

  yaticāndrāyaṇaṃ vāpi śeṣeṣūpavased ahaḥ

• Manusmṛti surface: 'hany

  nāttā duṣyaty adann ādyān prāṇino 'hany ahany api

• Manusmṛti surface: ahany

  nāttā duṣyaty adann ādyān prāṇino 'hany ahany api