Aho, Āho: 20 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Aho (अहो) refers to the exclamation “how wonderful” and represents an element of a siddhi (success) expressed vocally (vāṅmayī), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 27. The siddhis in a dramatic production (nāṭaka) arise from words, sattva and gestures and relate to the various bhāva (psychological states) and rasa (sentiments). They can be broadly divided into divine (daivikī) and human (mānuṣī) which are made up of sattvas expressed vocally or physically.
Accordingly, “similarly, “how wonderful” (aho) is naturally uttered by the spectators in connexion with psychological states (bhāva) like astonishment (vismaya) and to express great joy and the like”.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
aho : (ind.) exclamation of surprise or consternation.
Aho, (indecl.) (Sk. aho, for etym. see aha1) exclamation of surprise, astonishment or consternation: yea, indeed, well; I say! for sure! VvA.103 (aho ti acchariy’atthena nipāto); J.I, 88 (aho acchariyaṃ aho abbhutaṃ), 140. Usually combd. with similar emphatic particles, e. g. aho vata DhA.II, 85; PvA.131 (= sādhu vata); aho vata re D.II, 107; Pv.II, 94 5. Cp. ahe. (Page 92)
aho (အဟော) [(bya) (ဗျ)]—
[na+hā+o. .1118,1149. rū.135. nīti,sutta.384-5]
[န+ဟာ+ဩ။ ဓာန်။၁၁၁၈၊၁၁၄၉။ ရူ။၁၃၅။ နီတိ၊သုတ္တ။၃၈၄-၅]
[Pali to Burmese]
aho—
(Burmese text): (၁) အောက်မေ့-အမှတ်တရ-ခြင်း။ (၂) အံ့ဩခြင်း။ (၃) ချီးမွမ်းခြင်း။ (၄) ကဲ့ရဲ့ခြင်း။ (၅) စိုးရိမ်ခြင်း။ (၆) တောင့်တခြင်း။ (၇) သနားခြင်း။ (၈) ရွှင်လန်းဝမ်းမြောက်ခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Forgetting - Remembrance. (2) Astonishment. (3) Praise. (4) Criticism. (5) Worry. (6) Timidity. (7) Compassion. (8) Happiness and Joy.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
ahō (अहो).—A respectful particle of calling or address to man or woman. 2 After a name or a word a is dropped, as kāyahō, kāṃhō. 3 An interjection of admiration or sudden delight.
ahō (अहो).—A respectful particle of calling to man or woman.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Aho (अहो).—ind.
1) A particle showing (a) surprise or wonder; often agreeable (ah, how great or wonderful); अहो कामी स्वतां पश्यति (aho kāmī svatāṃ paśyati) Ś.2.2; अहो मधुरमासां दर्शनम् (aho madhuramāsāṃ darśanam) Ś.1; अहो बकुलावलिका (aho bakulāvalikā) M.1 Oh, it is बकुला° (bakulā°) (meaning 'I did not expect to see you here'); अहो रागबद्धचित्तवृत्तिरा- लिखित इव सर्वतो रङ्गः (aho rāgabaddhacittavṛttirā- likhita iva sarvato raṅgaḥ) Ś.1; अहो रूपमहो वीर्यमहो सत्त्वमहो द्युतिः (aho rūpamaho vīryamaho sattvamaho dyutiḥ) Rām. (how wonderful his form &c.). (b) Painful surprise; अहो ते विगतचेतनत्वम् (aho te vigatacetanatvam) K.146.
2) Sorrow or regret in general; ('alas,' 'ah'); अहो दुष्यन्तस्य संशयमारूढाः पिण्डभाजः (aho duṣyantasya saṃśayamārūḍhāḥ piṇḍabhājaḥ) Ś.6; विधिरहो बलवानिति मे मतिः (vidhiraho balavāniti me matiḥ) Bhartṛhari 2.91.
3) Praise ('bravo', 'well done'); अहो देवदत्तः पचति शोभनम् (aho devadattaḥ pacati śobhanam) P.VIII.1.4 Sk.
4) Reproach ('fie', 'shame'); अहो वो धिग्बलं क्षात्रम् (aho vo dhigbalaṃ kṣātram) Mb.
5) Calling out or addressing; अहो हिरण्यक श्लाध्योऽसि (aho hiraṇyaka ślādhyo'si) H.1.
6) Envy or jealousy; कटमहो करिष्यसि (kaṭamaho kariṣyasi) P.VIII.1.41 Com.
7) Enjoyment, satisfaction.
8) Fatigue.
9) Doubt (probably for āho q. v.).
1) In the sense, obvious, plain, clear; (prasiddha) अहो- ष्मान्तर्गतश्चापि गर्भत्वं समुपेयिवान् (aho- ṣmāntargataścāpi garbhatvaṃ samupeyivān) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.253.11.
11) Sometimes merely as an expletive. Prov. अहो रूपमहो ध्वनिः (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); अहो नु खलु (aho nu khalu) (bhoḥ) generally indicates surprise, often agreeable (āścarya) अहो नु खल्वीदृशीमवस्थां प्रपन्नोऽस्मि (aho nu khalvīdṛśīmavasthāṃ prapanno'smi) Ś.5; अहो नु खलु भोस्तदेत- त्काकतालीयं नाम (aho nu khalu bhostadeta- tkākatālīyaṃ nāma) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5. अहो बत (aho bata) shows (a) compassion, pity, regret; अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् (aho bata mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.44; (b) satisfaction or admiration (saṃtoṣa); अहो बतासि स्पृह- णीयवीर्यः (aho batāsi spṛha- ṇīyavīryaḥ) Kumārasambhava 3.2 (Oh, how enviable is your prowess; Malli. here takes aho bata in the sense of saṃbodhana; (c) addressing, calling; (d) fatigue &c. (aho batānukampāyāṃ khede saṃbodhane) Nm. (aho dhigarthe śoke ca karuṇārthaviṣādayoḥ | saṃbodhane praśaṃsāyāṃ vismaye pādapūraṇe || asūyāyāṃ vitarke ca prāyaśoho prayujyate | aho batānukampāyāṃ khedāmantraṇayostathā ||).
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Āho (आहो).—ind. An interjection expressing (a) Doubt or alternative (or), and usually standing as a corelative of किम् (kim); किम् वैखानसं व्रतं निषेवितव्यं (kim vaikhānasaṃ vrataṃ niṣevitavyaṃ) ... आहो निवत्स्यति समम् हरिणाङ्गनाभिः (āho nivatsyati samam hariṇāṅganābhiḥ) Ś.1.27; दारत्यागी भवाम्याहो परस्त्रीस्पर्शपांसुलः (dāratyāgī bhavāmyāho parastrīsparśapāṃsulaḥ) Ś.5.29. (b) Interrogation.
Aho (अहो).—ind. A particle and interjection of, 1. Reproach, (fie !) 2. Compassion. 3. Regret, (ah ! oh !) 4. Calling, (ho ! hola !) 5. Praise, flattery, approbation. 6. Fatigue, weariness. 7. Surprise, (ah !) 8. Doubt, deliberation, (either, or.) 9. Contempt, sneering. 10. An expletive. E. a neg. hā to go, and ḍo aff.
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Āho (आहो).—ind. 1. An interjection of doubt; 2. Of asking.
Aho (अहो).—interj. 1. of calling, [Pañcatantra] 45, 12; 2. of grief, [Pañcatantra] 21, 3; 3. of regret, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 35; 4. of contempt, [Pañcatantra] [prologue.] [distich] 8; 5. of surprise, [Pañcatantra] 76, 24; 6. of praise, [Hitopadeśa] 17, 5.
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Āho (आहो).—part. Or, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 125.
Aho (अहो).—exclamation of joy, sorrow or astonishment.
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Āho (आहो).—([indeclinable]) or; [with] svid or perhaps.
1) Aho (अहो):—[from ahar] 1. aho (instead of ahā [= ahar] in [compound] before the letter r).
2) 2. aho ind. a particle (implying joyful or painful surprise) Ah! (of enjoyment or satisfaction) Oh! (of fatigue, discontent, compassion, sorrow, regret) Alas! Ah! (of praise cf. [Pāṇini 8-1, 40 [sequens]]) Bravo! (of reproach) Fie! (of calling, [Kumāra-sambhava iii, 20]) Ho! Halo! (of contempt) Pshaw! Often combined with other particles of similar signification, as aho dhik or dhig aho, aho bata, etc.
3) Āho (आहो):—ind. ([gana] cādi, [Pāṇini 1-4, 57]) an interjection, of asking and of doubt, ‘Is it so?’ [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Taittirīya-upaniṣad; Śakuntalā; Bhagavad-gītā]
1) Aho (अहो):——ind. Ah! Oh! ho!
2) Āho (आहो):—ind. An interjection of doubt.
Aho (अहो):—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 [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 4, 16.] aho rūpamaho vīryamaho sattvamaho dyutiḥ [5, 45, 16. Nalopākhyāna 3, 17.] [Pañcatantra 29, 25.] aho rāgabaddhacittavṛttirālikhita iva sarvato raṅgaḥ [Śākuntala 4, 11. 9, 1. 13, 10. 16, 12. 27, 17. 31, 2. 32, 15. 59, 11. 80, 7. 99, 13.] [Vikramorvaśī 49, 11.] aho tṛptāḥ sma [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 13, 20.] aho svapnamimaṃ manye [5, 31, 37.] aho paśyata [Pañcatantra 45, 12.] aho hiraṇyaka ślādhyo si [Hitopadeśa 17, 5.] aho devadattaḥ pacati śobhanam [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 1, 40,] [Scholiast] aho duṣyantasya saṃśayamārūḍhāḥ piṇḍabhājaḥ [Śākuntala 92, 6. 41, 11.] aho kāmī svatāṃ paśyati [35.] aho śākhāmṛgatvaṃ te vyañjitaṃ plavagarṣabha [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 1, 21.] mitten in den Satz eingeschoben: ghṛtācyāṃ kila saṃsakto daśa varṣāṇi lakṣmaṇa . amanyatāho dharmātmā viśvāmitraḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 35, 7.] vidhiraho balavāniti me matiḥ [Bhartṛhari 2, 87.] haranti dhanināṃ vittānyaho dāmbhikāḥ [Prabodhacandrodaja 21, 7.] [Śihlana’s Śāntiśataka 1, 11. 18.] [Amaruśataka 44.] tadaho yamasmadīyo bāndhavaḥ [Pañcatantra 245, 6. 227, 7.] kaṭamaho kariṣyasi (asūyāyām) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 1, 41,] [Scholiast] am Ende des Satzes: varamapi ca garbhe sthitiraho [Pañcatantra Pr. 8, 1, 12. I, 448.] [Śākuntala 107.] In Verbindung mit andern Partikeln: aho nu khalvīdṛśīmavasthāṃ prapanno smi [Śākuntala 60, 12.] aho dhigiti niḥśvasya [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 57, 11.] [Brāhmaṇavilāpa 1, 35.] [Pañcatantra 125, 16. 228, 9. 234, 9.] [Śākuntala 18, 9.] aho vo dhigbalaṃ kṣāttram [Mahābhārata 1, 5156.] dhigaho (so ist zu lesen st. digaho) kaṣṭāṃ strīṣvanurodhitām [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 197.] aho vata (wehe) mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyasitā vayam [Bhagavadgītā 1, 45.] [Sāvitryupākhyāna 2, 11.] [Nalopākhyāna 12, 76.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 92, 13.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 239.] als Anruf: aho vatāsi spṛhaṇīyavīryaḥ [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 20.] — Die Lexicographen geben folgende Bedeutungen an: vismaye [Amarakoṣa 3, 5, 9.] dhigarthe śoke ca karuṇārthaviṣādayoḥ [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 7, 52.] Dieselben Bedeutungen und ausserdem: saṃbodhane (vgl. [Pañcatantra 105, 21. 172, 15.] [Śākuntala 69, 22, v. l.]) praśaṃsāyāṃ vismaye padapūraṇe .. asūyāyāṃ vitarke (Verwechselung mit āho) [Medinīkoṣa avyaya (s. Med.) 89. 90.] Weder o noch ein folgender Vocal erleiden irgend eine euphonische Veränderung nach [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 15] und [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 2, 19.] Vgl. aho a [Pañcatantra 125, 11. 128, 4. 169, 13. 173, 2.] [Hitopadeśa 35, 5.] aho e [Pañcatantra 192, 23. 231, 5.] Dagegen gefehlt [Mahābhārata 1, 4197.] [Brahmapurāṇa] in [Lassen’s Anthologie 55, 8.] [Pañcatantra 29, 25. 104, 16. 157, 5. 245, 6.] Bei aho pūjāyām hat das verb. fin. den Ton, in einer andern Bedeutung nicht nothwendig, [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 1, 40. 41.] ahovata wird besonders aufgeführt: anukampāyāṃ khedāmantraṇayoḥ [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 7, 60.] [Medinīkoṣa avyaya (s. Med.) 34.]
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Āho (आहो):—conj. gaṇa cādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 57.] das o ist vor einem folg. Vocale keiner euphonischen Veränderung unterworfen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 15,] [Scholiast] Einfluss auf den Accent des verb. fin. [8, 1, 49. 50.] oder (im Fragesatze) [Amarakoṣa 3, 5, 5.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1536.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 7, 52] (aho praśnavicārayoḥ, blosser Druckfehler, da das eig. aho in demselben Śloka aufgeführt wird.) [Medinīkoṣa avyaya (s. Med.). 90] (āhe[!] praśne vicāre ca). yatrāyaṃ puruṣo mriyata udasmātprāṇāḥ krāmantyāho3 neti [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 6, 2, 12] [?(= Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 3, 2, 11).] utāvidvānamuṃ lokaṃ pretya kaśca na gacchatī3 . āho vidvānamuṃ lokaṃ pretya kaścitsamaśnutā3u (lies tā3i) [TAITT. Upakośā 2, 6.] teṣāṃ tu niṣṭhā kā kṛṣṇa sattvamāho rajastamaḥ [Bhagavadgītā 17, 1.] vaikhānasaṃ kimanayā vratam niṣevitavyam . atyantam -āho nivatmyati samaṃ hariṇāṅganābhiḥ .. [Śākuntala 26.] dāratyāgī bhavāmyāho parastrīsparśapāṃśulaḥ [125.] In Verbindung mit svit gaṇa cādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 57.] oder etwa: svarge kālaṃ kiyantaṃ te tasthustadapi śaṃsa me . āho svit śāsvataṃ sthānaṃ teṣāṃ tatra [Mahābhārata 18, 152.] [Nalopākhyāna 21, 31.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 72, 13] (a). kimayaṃ yiśabdaḥ . āho svidyakāraḥ [Patañjali] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 159.] kiṃ devadattaḥ pacati . āho svidbhuṅkte [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 1, 44,] [Scholiast] devadattaḥ pacati . āho svitpaṭhati [45, Scholiast] kim uta -āho svit [Śākuntala 106.] — Vgl. utāho .
Aho (अहो):—Interj. der freudigen oder traurigen Staunens , des Entzückens oder der Trauer , der Freude oder des Unwillens , des Lobes oder Tadels ahonu ([Indische sprüche 7717]), aho dhik , dhigaho , aho bata. Weder das o noch ein folgender Vocal erleiden irgend eine euphonische Veränderung.
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Āho (आहो):—Indecl. oder (in der Frage). Mit folgendem svid oder etwa.
Aho (अहो) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Amho, Aho.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Aho (अहो):—(int.) Oh ! O !
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Aho (अहो) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ahani.
2) Aho (अहो) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Aho.
3) Aho (अहो) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Aho.
4) Aho (अहो) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ahan.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Ahō (ಅಹೋ):—[interjection] an interjection expressing wonder, pain, relief or calling attention.
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Āhō (ಆಹೋ):—[interjection] an interjection expressing surprise or wonder.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Aho (अहो):—interj. 1. 'I say!'; 2. 'Oh!';
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ha, Ge, O, E, Na.
Starts with (+17): Ahoacacuahuitl, Ahoahai mirim, Ahobala, Ahobala shastrin, Ahobala suri, Ahobalanarasimha, Ahobalanathasiddhanta, Ahobalanrisimha, Ahobalashastrin, Ahobandhava, Ahobhagya, Ahobhaj, Ahobilam, Ahoda, Ahodhvana, Ahodima, Ahodiva, Ahodivasa, Ahodivi, Ahodrish.
Full-text (+252): Ahoratra, Ahopurushika, Ahosvit, Ahobala, Uda, Ahovirya, Ahorupa, Bata, Dhik, Ahojaho, Ahodhvana, Aha, Ahu, Ahoratram, Ahopurishaka, Ahopurisika, Jalaca Pura, Ahoratna, Avyagra, Akotarai.
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