ūrdhvaṃ nābher yāni khāni tāni medhyāni sarvaśaḥ
kha
the second consonant of the alphabet (being the aspirate of the preceding consonant; often in MSS. and Inscr. confounded with ṣa). 040200 334,1 60669 m. the letter or sound kha....
Dictionary Definitions
[mw] the second consonant of the alphabet (being the aspirate of the preceding consonant; often in MSS. and Inscr. confounded with ṣa). 040200 334,1 60669 m. the letter or sound kha. 040201 334,1 60670
[mw] m. the sun L. Page334,2 040202 60671
[mw] n. (khan) a cavity, hollow, cave, cavern, aperture RV. 334,2 60672 n. an aperture of the human body (of which there are nine, viz. the mouth, the two ears, the two eyes, the two nostrils, and the organs of excretion and generation) AV. xiv, 2, 1 and 6; Pra1t.; Kat2hUp.; Gaut.; Mn. &c 334,2 60673 n. (hence) an organ of sense BhP. viii, 3, 23 334,2 60674 n. (in anat.) the glottis W. 334,2 60675
Corpus Profile
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- NOUN
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DCS: a golden pitcher or vase; a vase used at the inauguration of a king (of 8 different substances and 8 different forms) | Monier-Williams: Ka [ cf. Gk. χάος ; Lat. halo .]
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kṛtvā mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā khāny ācānta upaspṛśet
nātmā deho na ca prāṇo na manaḥ khaṃ na śūnyabhūḥ