Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

aho अहो – Ah! (of enjoyment or satisfaction) Oh! (of fatigue, discontent, compassion, sorrow, regret) Alas! Ah! (of praise)…

Interjection · particle · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

aho ·exclamation of joy, sorrow or astonishment.

Monier-Williams 1872 particle

Original text · English · particle

aho aho, ind. (as a particle and inter- jection of joyful or painful surprise) Ah! (of enjoy- ment or satisfaction) Oh! (of fatigue, discontent, compassion, sorrow, regret) Alas! Ah! (of praise) Bravo! (of reproach) Fie! (of calling) Ho! Halo! (of doubt, deliberation) either, or; (of contempt) Pshaw! It is also sometimes an expletive.

Petersburger 1855 particle

Original text · German · particle

aho interj. des freudigen oder traurigen Staunens, des Entzückens oder der Trauer, der Freude oder des Unwillens, des Lobes oder Tadels; am Anf. eines Satzes: aho gītasya mādhuryam R. 1,4,16. aho rūpamaho vīryamaho sattvamaho dyutiḥ R. 5,45,16. N. 3,17. PAÑCAT. 29,25. aho rāgabaddhacittavṛttirālikhita iva sarvato raṅgaḥ ŚĀK. 4,11. ŚĀK. 9,1. ŚĀK. 13,10. ŚĀK. 16,12. ŚĀK. 27,17. ŚĀK. 31,2. ŚĀK. 32,15. ŚĀK. 59,11. ŚĀK. 80,7. ŚĀK. 99,13. VIKR. 49,11. aho tṛptāḥ sma R. 1,13,20. aho svapnamimaṃ manye R. 5,31,37. aho paśyata PAÑCAT. 45,12. aho hiraṇyaka ślādhyo 'si HIT. 17,5. aho devadattaḥ pacati śobhanam P. 8,1,40, Sch. aho duṣyantasya saṃśayamārūḍhāḥ piṇḍabhājaḥ ŚĀK. 92,6. ŚĀK. 41,11. aho kāmī svatāṃ paśyati ŚĀK. 41,35. aho śākhāmṛgatvaṃ te vyañjitaṃ plavagarṣabha R. 4,1,21. mitten in den Satz eingeschoben: ghṛtācyāṃ kila saṃsakto daśa varṣāṇi lakṣmaṇa . amanyatāho dharmātmā viśvāmitraḥ R. 4,35,7. vidhiraho balavāniti me matiḥ BHARTṚ. 2,87. haranti dhanināṃ vittānyaho dāmbhikāḥ PRAB. 21,7. ŚĀNTIŚ. 1,11. ŚĀNTIŚ. 1,18. AMAR. 44. tadaho 'yamasmadīyo bāndhavaḥ PAÑCAT. 245,6. PAÑCAT. 227,7. kaṭamaho kariṣyasi (asūyāyām) P. 8,1,41, Sch. am Ende des Satzes: varamapi ca garbhe sthitiraho PAÑCAT. Pr. 8,1,12. PAÑCAT. Pr. 8,I, 448. ŚĀK. 107. In Verbindung mit andern Partikeln: aho nu khalvīdṛśīmavasthāṃ prapanno 'smi ŚĀK. 60,12. aho dhigiti niḥśvasya R. 2,57,11. BRĀHMAṆ. 1,35. PAÑCAT. 125,16. PAÑCAT. 228,9. PAÑCAT. 234,9. ŚĀK. 18,9. aho vo dhigbalaṃ kṣāttram MBH. 1,5156. dhigaho (so ist zu lesen st. digaho) kaṣṭāṃ strīṣvanurodhitām KATHĀS. 20,197. aho vata (wehe) mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyasitā vayam BHAG. 1,45. SĀV. 2,11. N. 12,76. PRAB. 92,13. KATHĀS. 22,239. als Anruf: aho vatāsi spṛhaṇīyavīryaḥ KUMĀRAS. 3,20. — Die Lexicographen geben folgende Bedeutungen an: vismaye AK. 3,5,9. dhigarthe śoke ca karuṇārthaviṣādayoḥ H. an. 7,52. Dieselben Bedeutungen und ausserdem: saṃbodhane (vgl. PAÑCAT. 105,21. PAÑCAT. 172,15. ŚĀK. 69,22, v. l.) praśaṃsāyāṃ vismaye padapūraṇe .. asūyāyāṃ vitarke (Verwechselung mit āho) MED. avy. 89. MED. avy. 90. Weder o noch ein folgender Vocal erleiden irgend eine euphonische Veränderung nach P. 1,1,15 und VOP. 2,19. Vgl. aho a˚ PAÑCAT. 125,11. PAÑCAT. 128,4. PAÑCAT. 169,13. PAÑCAT. 173,2. HIT. 35,5. aho e˚ PAÑCAT. 192,23. PAÑCAT. 231,5. Dagegen gefehlt MBH. 1,4197. BRAHMA-P. in LA. 55,8. PAÑCAT. 29,25. PAÑCAT. 104,16. PAÑCAT. 157,5. PAÑCAT. 245,6. Bei aho pūjāyām hat das verb. fin. den Ton, in einer andern Bedeutung nicht nothwendig, P. 8,1,40. P. 8,1,41. ahovata wird besonders aufgeführt: anukampāyāṃ khedāmantraṇayoḥ H. an. 7,60. MED. avy. 34.

Böhtlingk 1879 particle · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · particle

aho Interj. der freudigen oder traurigen Staunens, des Entzückens oder der Trauer, der Freude oder des Unwillens, des Lobes oder Tadels ahonu (Spr. 7717), aho dhik, dhigaho, aho bata. Weder das o noch ein folgender Vocal erleiden irgend eine euphonische Veränderung.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

aho I. dhigaho bata JĀTAKAM. 24,29. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 particle

Original text · English · particle

aho ind. 1 A particle showing (a) Surprise or wonder; often agreeable (ah, how great or wonderful); aho kāmī svatāṃ paśyati Ś. 2. 2; aho madhuramāsāṃ darśanaṃ Ś. 1; aho bakulāvalikā M. 1 Oh, it is B. (meaning ‘I did not expect to see you here’); aho rāgabaddhacittavṛttirālikhita iva sarvato raṃgaḥ Ś. 1; aho rūpamaho vīryamaho sattvamaho dyutiḥ Rām. (how wonderful his form &c.). (b) Painful surprise; aho te vigatacetanatvaṃ K. 146. 2 Sorrow or regret in general; (‘alas,’ ‘ah’); aho duṣyaṃtasya saṃśayamārūḍhāḥ piṃḍabhājaḥ Ś. 6; vidhiraho balavāniti me matiḥ Bh. 2. 91. 3 Praise (‘bravo,’ ‘well done’); aho devadattaḥ pacati śobhanaṃ P. VIII. 1. 40 Sk. 4 Reproach (‘fie,’ ‘shame’); aho vo dhigbalaṃ kṣātraṃ Mb. 5 Calling out or addressing; aho hiraṇyaka ślāghyosi H. 1. 6 Envy or jealousy; kaṭamaho kariṣyasi P. VIII. 1. 41 Com. 7 Enjoyment, satisfaction. 8 Fatigue. 9 Doubt (probably for āho q. v.). 10 Sometimes merely as an expletive. Prov. aho rūpamaho dhvaniḥ (used to convey the idea of mutual adulation, the ass complimenting the camel upon its fine form, and the camel the ass upon its melodious voice); aho nu khalu (bhoḥ) generally indicates surprise, often agreeable (āścarya); aho nu khalvīdṛśīmavasthāṃ prapanno' smi Ś. 5; aho nu khalu bhostadetatkākatālīyaṃ nāma Māl. 5. aho bata shows (a) compassion, pity, regret; aho bata mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayaṃ Bg. 1. 44; (b) satisfaction or admiration (saṃtoṣa); aho batāsi spṛhaṇīyavīryaḥ Ku. 3. 20 (Oh, how enviable is your prowess; Malli. here takes aho bata in the sense of saṃbodhana); (c) addressing, calling; (d) fatigue. (aho dhigarthe śoke ca karuṇārthaviṣādayoḥ . saṃbodhane praśaṃsāyāṃ vismaye pādapūraṇe .. asūyāyāṃ vitarke ca prāyaśoho prayujyate . aho batānukaṃpāyāṃ khedāmaṃtraṇayostathā ..). Comp. — puruṣikā = āhopuruṣikā q. v.

Cappeller 1887 Interjection

Original text · German · Interjection

aho Interj. der Freude, Trauer u. des Staunens.

Burnouf 1866 Word type unspecified

Original text · French · Word type unspecified

aho aho! interjection. Lat. eheu!

Occurrences in source texts (2)

HTK 2 occurrences
HTK 10.5*1–6*1: Sūryabhedana / Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.30–33*1: Nāḍī-viśudhy-ākhyaka-kumbha and Nāḍīśuddhi 1 occurrence

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