kuhū कुहू – the new moon, personified as a daughter of Aṅgiras
substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
Dictionary sources
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
kuhū́ ·f. the new moon (personif.).
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
kuhū kuhū, ūs, f. (fr. kuh = guh?), the new moon, personified as a daughter of Aṅgiras; the first day of the first quarter on which the moon rises invisible; N. of one of the seven rivers of Plaksha- dvīpa; the cry or song of the Kokila or Indian cuckoo.
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive feminine
kuhū́ f. 1〉 Neumond (person. eine Tochter von Aṅgiras) Z. d. d. m. G. 9. Z. d. d. m. G. LVIII. NIR. 11,31. fgg. H. 151. H. an. 2,597. MED. h. 2. AV. 7,47,1. AV. 7,47,2. TS. 1,8,8,1. TS. 3,4,9,1. TS. 3,4,9,6. AIT. BR. 3,47. AIT. BR. 7,11. ŚAT. BR. 9,5,1,38. ṢAḌV. BR._in_Ind. St. 1,39. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 9,28,2. M. 3,86. MBH. 3,14129. MBH. 3,14451. HARIV. 1337. VP. 82. VP. 225. BHĀG. P. 4,1,34. BHĀG. P. 4,29,72. — 2〉 N. pr. eines der 7 Flüsse in Plakṣadvīpa BHĀG. P. 5,20,10. — 3〉 onomat. der Laut des indischen Kuckucks H. an. MED. unmilanti kuhūḥ kuhūriti kalottālāḥ pikānāṃ giraḥ GĪT. 1,47. Vgl. kuhūkaṇṭha, kuhūmukha, kuhūrava. — Vgl. kuhu. Viell. von kuh = guh. wie WEBER vermuthet; also urspr. der versteckte Mond.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
kuhū 1〉 KĀṬH. 12,8. KĀṬH. 13,16. KĀṬH. 15,3. Ind. St. 5,228. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 48,57. — 4〉 Bez. einer best. Arterie Verz. d. Oxf. H. 236,b,1. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 236,b,9.
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kuhū 3〉 ˚kūjita Spr. (II) 2928.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
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1. kuhū f. — 1〉 Neumond. Personificirt als eines Tochter des Aṅgira. — 2〉 eine best. Arterie. — 3〉 N. pr. [Page2-087-b] verschiedener Flüsse VP.² 2,155.
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2. kuhū = 2. kuhū.
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1. kuhū́ II. 1〉 MAITR. S. 4,3,5 (44,9). [Nachtrag, Band 7]
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
kuhuḥ, kuhūḥ f. 1 New moon day, i. e. the last day of a lunar month when the moon is invisible; karagataiva gatā yadiyaṃ kuhūḥ N. 4. 57. 2 The deity that presides over this day; Ms. 3. 86. 3 The cry of the (Indian) cuckoo; pikena roṣāruṇacakṣuṣā muhuḥ kuhūrutāhūyata caṃdravairiṇī N. 1. 100; unmīlaṃti kūhūḥ kuhūriti kalottālāḥ pikānāṃ giraḥ Gīt. 1. 4 The first day of the first quarter on which the moon rises. Comp. — kaṃṭhaḥ, -mukhaḥ, -ravaḥ, -śabdaḥ the (Indian) cuckoo. — pālaḥ the king of turtles.
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
kuhū́ f. Neumond (personif.).
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