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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Aṃhu (अंहु).—An Asura in the period of the Ṛgveda. This Asura had been doing much harm to the hermits. Purukutsa was the hermit whom he tormented most. Indra vanquished this Asura and destroyed seven of his cities. (Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 11, Sūkta 63, Khaṇḍa 7).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aṃhu (अंहु).—a. [aṃh mṛga° ku] (Ved.) Sinful, wicked, injurious (pāpakārin, hananaśīla); strait, narrow (?)

-hu n.

1) Anxiety, distress; sin, crime (?).

2) Pudendum Muliebre (?). [cf. L. angustus, anxius, Goth. aggvus].

-bheda -दी (dī) having an narrow slit; having the pudendum divided (?).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Aṃhu (अंहु):—[from aṃh] mfn. (only in [Comparative degree] aṃhīyas) narrow, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa] See paro-ṃhu

2) [v.s. ...] n. (only in Abl. aṃhos) anxiety, distress, [Ṛg-veda]

3) [v.s. ...] cf. [Greek] ἐγγύς; [Gothic] aggvus; [Latin] angustus, anxius, etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṃhu (अंहु):—(ved.) I. m.

(-huḥ) 1) Wicked, sinful, distressed.

2) The name of an Asura. Ii. n.

(-hu) Distress. Iii. n. f.

(-hu-huḥ) Pudendum muliebre. E.

(-aṃh,) uṇ. aff. u.

[Sanskrit to German]

Amhu in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Amhubheda, Amhubhedi, Amhura, Amhurana.

Ends with: Samhu.

Full-text: Amhubhedi, Amhati, Parohu, Amhubheda, Ahu, Amhas, Amh, Bheda.

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