kha

Dictionary Definitions

[mw] the second consonant of the alphabet (being the aspirate of the preceding consonant; often in MSS. and Inscr. confounded with ṣa). 040200 334,1 60669 m. the letter or sound kha. 040201 334,1 60670

[mw] m. the sun L. Page334,2 040202 60671

[mw] n. (khan) a cavity, hollow, cave, cavern, aperture RV. 334,2 60672 n. an aperture of the human body (of which there are nine, viz. the mouth, the two ears, the two eyes, the two nostrils, and the organs of excretion and generation) AV. xiv, 2, 1 and 6; Pra1t.; Kat2hUp.; Gaut.; Mn. &c 334,2 60673 n. (hence) an organ of sense BhP. viii, 3, 23 334,2 60674 n. (in anat.) the glottis W. 334,2 60675

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the second consonant of the alphabet (being the aspirate of the preceding consonant; often in MSS. and Inscr. confounded with ṣa). 040200 334,1 60669 m. the letter or sound kha....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

520

Texts Appeared In

82

DCS: a golden pitcher or vase; a vase used at the inauguration of a king (of 8 different substances and 8 different forms) | Monier-Williams: Ka [ cf. Gk. χάος ; Lat. halo .]

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 131 25.2%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 37 7.1%
3. Āyurvedadīpikā 30 5.8%
4. Sūryasiddhānta 24 4.6%
5. Tantrāloka 23 4.4%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: khāni

  ūrdhvaṃ nābher yāni khāni tāni medhyāni sarvaśaḥ

• Manusmṛti surface: khāny

  kṛtvā mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā khāny ācānta upaspṛśet

• Śivasūtravārtika surface: khaṃ

  nātmā deho na ca prāṇo na manaḥ khaṃ na śūnyabhūḥ