Ahu, Āhu, Āhū, Ahū: 17 definitions
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Chinese Buddhism
阿呼 [a hu]—ahu! aho! an interjection, e.g. 奇哉 [qi zai] Wonderful ! Also arka, a flash, ray, the sun; praise; name of a mountain; cf. 阿羅歌 [a luo ge].
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
阿呼 [a hu]—Ahū — [Term] An exclamation of praise, translated as 'How marvelous!' (奇哉 [qi zai]). See Mingyi Collection, Volume 5. Mountain name Arka, translated as 'sun' (日 [ri]). See Mahīśāsaka Vinaya, Volume 34.
阿呼—【術語】Ahū，嘆美之詞。譯曰奇哉。見名義集五。
山名 Arka，譯曰日。見彌沙塞律三十四。
[shù yǔ]Ahū, tàn měi zhī cí. yì yuē qí zāi. jiàn míng yì jí wǔ.
shān míng Arka, yì yuē rì. jiàn mí shā sāi lǜ sān shí sì.
[shu yu]Ahu, tan mei zhi ci. yi yue qi zai. jian ming yi ji wu.
shan ming Arka, yi yue ri. jian mi sha sai lu san shi si.
Chinese Buddhism (漢傳佛教, hanchuan fojiao) is the form of Buddhism that developed in China, blending Mahayana teachings with Daoist and Confucian thought. Its texts are mainly in Classical Chinese, based on translations from Sanskrit. Major schools include Chan (Zen), Pure Land, Tiantai, and Huayan. Chinese Buddhism has greatly influenced East Asian religion and culture.
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Pali-English dictionary
āhu : (plu. of āha.) they have said.
Āhu, 3rd pl. of āha (q. v.). (Page 117)
1) ahu (အဟု) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
hoti-.
ဟောတိ-ကြည့်။
2) ahū (အဟူ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
hoti-.
ဟောတိ-ကြည့်။
3) āhu (အာဟု) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[hū+ī. ahu-mha a- dīghapru]
[ဟူ+ဤ။ အဟု-မှ အ-ကို ဒီဃပြု]
4) āhu (အာဟု) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[Pali to Burmese]
1) ahu—
(Burmese text):
ဟောတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation):
Hey, look.
2) ahū—
(Burmese text):
ဟောတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation):
Look, Hauti.
3) āhu—
(Burmese text):
အာဟ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation):
Ah - look.
4) āhu—
(Burmese text): ဖြစ်ပြီ။ အဟု,ဟောတိ တို့လည်း-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): It's done. Oh, look at the discussion.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Ahu (अहु).—a. [ah-vyāptau-un]
1) Narrow.
2) Pervading.
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Āhu (आहु).—3 U. To sacrifice, offer an oblation, worship (as fire).
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Āhū (आहू).—Ved. Calling, invoking.
Derivable forms: āhūḥ (आहूः).
Ahu (अहु).—m.c., rarely for Sanskrit aho, interj.: ahu vañcito 'smi Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 62.4 (verse), alas! (so Tibetan, kye ma; and compare aho 61.12) I am deceived. But in 62.16 ahu = aham, as very commonly (§ 20.7).
Āhū (आहू).—[feminine] invocation.
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Āhu (आहु).—offer in ([locative]), offer an oblation to ([dative]), worship with oblations ([accusative]).
Āhu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and hu (हु).
1) Ahu (अहु):—mfn. only in paro-hu q.v.
2) Āhu (आहु):—[=ā-√hu] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -juhoti, -juhute (p. -juhvāna) to sacrifice, offer an oblation;
2) —to sprinkle (with butter), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Harivaṃśa]
3) Āhū (आहू):—[=ā-hū] a etc. See ā-√hve.
4) [=ā-hū] [from ā-hve] b f. calling, invoking ([Boehtlingk & Roth’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch]), [ib.]
Ahu (अहु):—adj. im comp. parohvī f., Nebenform von aṃhu eng, schmal, [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 3, 4, 26] : paraurvīrvā anyā upasadaḥ parohvīranyāḥ .
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Āhū (आहू):—
Ahu (अहु):—Adj. = ahu in parohu.
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Āhū (आहू):—f. Anruf.
Āhu (आहु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āhu.
Ahū (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 阿呼 [ā hū]: “amazing!”.
2) 阿吽 [ā hōng]: “ahūṃ”.
Note: ahū can be alternatively written as: ahūṃ.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Āhu (आहु) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Āhave.
2) Āhu (आहु) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Āhu.
3) Āhu (आहु) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Āhu.
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
Āhu (ಆಹು):—
1) [noun] a sound.
2) [noun] the paddy grain or the grass.
3) [noun] that which is minute or atomic in size; the quality of being so.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Chinese-English dictionary
阿呼 [ā hū] refers to: “amazing!”.
阿呼 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Related Chinese terms] 奇哉.
[Sanskrit] ahū.
[Vietnamese] a hô.
[Korean] 아호 / aho.
[Japanese] アコ / ako.
Chinese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Hu, I, A.
Starts with (+26): Ahua, Ahua baum, Ahuacacahuatl, Ahuacat, Ahuacate, Lahu, Lahuadi, Lahubhanda, Lahubhara, Lahucitta, Lahucivara, Lahudassanasukhattha, Lahugahaniya, Lahugamanasanna, Lahuka, Lahukala, Lahukamma, Lahukkhara, Lahupaccupatthana, Lahupaka.
Full-text (+267): Lahu, Ahuti, Ahava, Ahuta, Ahavana, A hu de yu, Lahuta, Ahum, Lahuka, Lahupanna, Lahusa, Lahucivara, Lahubhara, Lahukala, Lahusadhana, Lahuparikkhara, Lahugahaniya, Lahusabhava, Lahuupatthana, Lahupavurana.
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