āhva

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [ā-hve-ḍa] 1 Who or what calls, a crier. --2 Named, call- ed. --hvā [ā-hve-aṅ] 1 Calling, calling out. --2 A name, appellation, [Page0273-c+ 30] oft. at the end of comp.; amṛtāhvaḥ, śatāhvā &c.

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a. [ā-hve-ḍa] 1 Who or what calls, a crier. --2 Named, call- ed. --hvā [ā-hve-aṅ] 1 Calling, calling out. --2 A name, appellation, [Page0273-c+ 30] oft. at the end of comp.;...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

VERB

Total Occurrences

447

Texts Appeared In

81

DCS: equally; jointly; together

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 154 34.5%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 32 7.2%
3. Rājanighaṇṭu 27 6.0%
4. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 18 4.0%
5. Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 14 3.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: āhvā

  nepālikā syān manasaś ca guptā kalyāṇikā rogaśilā daśāhvā

• Skandapurāṇa surface: āhūya

  sūdamāhūya covāca ārtavatsa narādhipaḥ

• Skandapurāṇa surface: āhūtāḥ

  kimarthaṃ vayamāhūtā ājñāpaya kṛtaṃ hi tat