bahu

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. (hu or hvī f.; compar. bhūyas; superl. bhūyiṣṭha) 1 Much, plentiful, abundant, great; tasminbahu etadapi Ś. 4 ‘even this was much for him’ (was too much to be expected of him); bahu praṣṭavyamatra Mu. 3; alpasya hetorbahu hātumicchan R. 2. 47. --2 Many, numerous; as in bahvakṣara, bahuprakāra- --3 Frequented, repeated. --4 Large, great. --5 Abounding or rich in (as first member of comp.); bahukaṃṭa- ko deśaḥ &c....

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a. (hu or hvī f.; compar. bhūyas; superl. bhūyiṣṭha) 1 Much, plentiful, abundant, great; tasminbahu etadapi Ś. 4 ‘even this was much for him’ (was too much to be expected of him);...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

2,318

Texts Appeared In

108

DCS: a disk; circle; orb; a sacred circle; Divyñv; a cutaneous disease with round spots; a circular array of troops; a mirror; a group; collection; mass; heap | Monier-Williams: 2. bAhu (for 1. See col. 2), Vṛddhi form of bahu in comp.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 1,252 54.0%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 315 13.6%
3. Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 49 2.1%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 45 1.9%
5. Matsyapurāṇa 38 1.6%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bāhu

  viśīrṇabāhvaṅghriśiroruho 'patad yathā nagendro lulito nabhasvatā

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bāhu

  māsena tu śiro dvābhyāṃ bāhvaṅghryādyaṅgavigrahaḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bāhubhiḥ

  bhūbhārarājapṛtanā yadubhir nirasya guptaiḥ svabāhubhir acintayad aprameyaḥ