Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

āho आहो – or, or perhaps.

Indeclinable word · particle · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 Indeclinable word

Original text · English · Indeclinable word

ā́ho ·(indecl.) or; w. svid or perhaps.

Monier-Williams 1872 particle

Original text · English · particle

āho āho, ind. (an interjection of doubt and of asking) or, or perhaps.

Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

ā́ho conj. gaṇa cādi zu P. 1,4,57. das o ist vor einem folg. Vocale keiner euphonischen Veränderung unterworfen P. 1,1,15, Sch. Einfluss auf den Accent des verb. fin. P. 8,1,49. P. 8,1,50. oder (im Fragesatze) AK. 3,5,5. H. 1536. H. an. 7,52 (aho praśnavicārayoḥ, blosser Druckfehler, da das eig. aho in demselben Śloka aufgeführt wird.) MED. avy. 90 (āhe[!] praśne vicāre ca). yatrāyaṃ puruṣo mriyata udasmātprāṇāḥ krāmantyāho3 neti ŚAT. BR. 14,6,2,12 (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 3,2,11.) utāvidvānamuṃ lokaṃ pretya kaśca na gacchatī3 . āho vidvānamuṃ lokaṃ pretya kaścitsamaśnutā3u (lies ˚tā3i) TAITT. UP. 2,6. teṣāṃ tu niṣṭhā kā kṛṣṇa sattvamāho rajastamaḥ BHAG. 17,1. vaikhānasaṃ kimanayā vratam — niṣevitavyam . atyantam — āho nivatmyati samaṃ hariṇāṅganābhiḥ .. ŚĀK. 26. dāratyāgī bhavāmyāho parastrīsparśapāṃśulaḥ ŚĀK. 125. In Verbindung mit svit gaṇa cādi zu P. 1,4,57. oder etwa: svarge kālaṃ kiyantaṃ te tasthustadapi śaṃsa me . āho svit śāsvataṃ sthānaṃ teṣāṃ tatra MBH. 18,152. N. 21,31. R. 2,72,13 (a˚). kimayaṃ yiśabdaḥ . āho svidyakāraḥ PAT._zu_P. 6,4,159. kiṃ devadattaḥ pacati . āho svidbhuṅkte P. 8,1,44, Sch. devadattaḥ pacati . āho svitpaṭhati P. 8,1,45, Sch. kim — uta — āho svit ŚĀK. 106. — Vgl. utāho.

Böhtlingk 1879 particle

Original text · German · particle

ā́ho Indecl. oder (in der Frage). Mit folgendem svid oder etwa.

Apte 1890 particle

Original text · English · particle

āho ind. An interjection expressing (a) Doubt or alternative (or), and usually standing as a correlative of kiṃ; kiṃ vaikhānasaṃ vrataṃ niṣevitavyaṃ… āho nivatsyati samaṃ hariṇāṃganābhiḥ Ś. 1. 27; dāratyāgī bhavāmyāho parastrīsparśapāṃsulaḥ Ś. 5. 29. (b) Interrogation. Comp. — puruṣikā [ ahopuruṣavuñ P. II. 1. 72] 1 great self-conceit or pride; āhopuruṣikā darpādyā syātsaṃbhāvanātmani Ak.; āhopuruṣikāṃ paśya mama sadratnakāṃtibhiḥ Bk. 5. 27. 2 military vaunting, boasting. 3 vaunting of one's own prowess; nijabhujabalāhopuruṣikāṃ Bv. 1. 84. — svit ind. a particle implying doubt, ‘or perhaps,’ or may it be &c.’ (corr. of kiṃ); āhosvitprasavo mamāpacaritairviṣṭaṃbhito vīrudhām Ś. 5. 9; kiṃ dvijaḥ pacati āhosvid gacchati P. VIII. 1. 44 Sk.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

ā́ho mit svid oder etwa.

Burnouf 1866 particle

Original text · French · particle

āho āho indéc. ou bien est-ce? ou bien est-ce que? āhopuruṣikā f. (puruṣa) vanterie d'un homme qui dit toujours āho. āhosvit indéc. comme āho.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.51-3.54: Prāṇāyāma-Siddhis 1 occurrence

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