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ha

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ha 1
ha the thirty-third and last consonant of the Nāgarī alphabet (in Pāṇini's system belonging to the guttural class, and usually pronounced like the English h in hard
• it is not an original letter, but is mostly derived from an older gh, rarely from dh or bh)

ha 2
ha (only L.), m. a form of Śiva or Bhairava (cf. nakulī7śa)
• water
• a cipher (i.e. the arithmetical figure which symbolizes o)
• meditation, auspiciousness
• sky, heaven, paradise
• blood
• dying
• fear
• knowledge
• the moon
• Vishṇu
• war, battle
• horripilation
• a horse
• pride
• a physician
• cause, motive
• = pāpa-haraṇa
• = sakopa-vāraṇa
• = śuṣka
• (also ā f.) laughter
• (ā), f. coition
• a lute (am), n. the Supreme Spirit
• pleasure, delight
• a weapon
• the sparkling of a gem
• calling, calling to the sound of a lute
• (ind.) = aham (?), IndSt
• mfn. mad, drunk

ha 3
ha ind. (prob. orig. identical with 2. gha, and used as a particle for emphasizing a preceding word, esp. if it begins a sentence closely connected with another
• very frequent in the Brāhmaṇas and Sūtras, and often translatable by) indeed, assuredly, verily, of course, then &c. (often with other particles, e.g. with tv eva, u, sma, vai &c
• na ha, 'not indeed'
• also with interrogatives and relatives, e.g. yad dha, 'when indeed'
• kad dha, 'what then?' sometimes with impf. or pf. [cf. Pāṇ. 3-2, 116]
• in later language very commonly used as a mere expletive, esp. at the end of a verse) RV. &c. &c

ha 4
ha mf(ā)n. (fr. √han) killing, destroying, removing (only ifc
• See arāti-, vṛtra-, śatruha &c.)

ha 5
ha mf(ā)n. (fr. √3. hā) abandoning, deserting, avoiding (ifc
• See an-oka- and vāpī-ha)
• (ā), f. abandonment, desertion L.