गुह (guha) is a Sanskrit word meaning an epithet of Skanda, an epithet of Shiva, of Vishnu, a king of the Nishadas and friend of Rama, belonging to the writer caste, a swift horse. Its 30 recorded definitions are grouped into 13 contexts, among them The God Skanda/Kārttikeya, The God Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, A People or Tribe.
(H2) [Printed book page 360,2] गुह (guha)m. (g.अश्मा (aśmā)दि (di)) ‘reared in a secret place’, N. of Skanda (the god; cf. Kārttikeya), Mahābhārata (Title) iii , ix , xiii ; Harivaṃśa (Title) 10478; Suśr.; Kum. &c. [ID=66260]
1. An epithet of Shiva and of Skanda. 2. A name of a king of Nishada.
गुह (guha) [Printed book page 085-3] गुह (guha) guh-a, m.ep.of Śiva and of Skanda; N.of a king of Niṣāda: -candra, -sena, m.names of merchants. [ID=7043]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An epithet of Kartikeya. 2. An epithet of Vishnu. 3. A swift horse. 4. A ruler of Sringavera and friend of Rama. 5. A title for writers. 6. A cave or cavern. 7. A pit or hole in the ground. 8. A plant.
गुह (guha) m. (-हः (-haḥ))
1 A name of KĀRTTIKEYA.
2 A name of VIṢṆU.
3 A swift horse.
4 The name of a Niṣāda, ruler of Sringavera, the friend of RĀMA.
5 A name or title proper to persons of the writer caste. f. (-हा (-hā))
1 A cave, a cavern.
2 A pit, a hole in the ground.
3 A plant, commonly Cākuliya: see सिंहपुच्छी (siṃhapucchī).
E. गुह (guha) to conceal, affixes अङ् (aṅ) and टाप् (ṭāp).
[ID=13768]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A name of Kartikeya, Vishnu, or Nishada, or a swift horse. 2. A cave, a pit, or a plant.
गुह (guha) [Printed book page 257-a] गुह (guha)(हः) ((haḥ)) 1. m. A name of Kārtikeya,Vishnu or Nishada; a swift horse. f. A cave, a pit; a plant. [ID=13223]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An epithet of Kartikeya. 2. A horse. 3. Name of a king of Shringavera and friend of Rama.
गुह (guha) [Printed book page 247-12] गुह (guha)m. 1. An epithet of Kārtikeya, गुह (guha) इवाप्रतिहतशक्तिः (guha ivāpratihataśaktiḥ)Kad. , K.S. v.14; 2. a horse; 3. name of a chaṇḍāla king of Śṛingavera, a friend of Rāma. [ID=12339]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A name of Kartikeya. 2. A name of Vishnu. 3. A swift horse. 4. The Nishada ruler of Sringavera and friend of Rama. 5. A title for persons of the writer caste. 6. A cave or cavern. 7. A pit or hole in the ground. 8. A plant, commonly Chakuliya.
गुह (guha)
m. (-ह (-ha))
1. A name of KARTIKEYA.
2. A name of VISHNU.
3. A swift horse.
4. The name of Nishada, ruler of Sringavera, the friend of Page242-b+ 60 RAMA.
5. A name or title proper to persons of the writer caste.
f. (-ह (-ha)ा (-hā))
1. A cave, a cavern.
2. A pit, a hole in the ground.
3. A plant, commonly Chakuliya: see सिंहपुच्छी (siṃhapucchī).
E. गुह (guha) to conceal, affixes अङ् (aṅ) and टाप (ṭāpa).
[ID=13759]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An epithet of Skanda, the god of war. 2. An epithet of Shiva. 3. The name of a people.
गुह (guha) [Printed book page 0268-b] गुह (guha)guh + a,m.1. A name of
Skanda, the god of war, MBh. 13,
4093. 2. A name of Śiva, MBh. 13,
1263. 3.pl. The name of a people,
MBh. 12, 7559.
[ID=4520]
— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An epithet of Skanda and Shiva. 2. A cave, pit, mine, or the heart.
गुह (guha) [Printed book page 155] गुह (guha)m.E. of Skanda & Śiva. f.गुह (guha)ा (guhā) = prec. + cave, pit, mine, fig. the heart. Instr. गुह (guha)ा (guhā) in secret, secretly; w.कृ (kṛ) & धा (dhā) conceal, remove. [ID=9616]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A name of Skanda or Karttikeya, the god of war. 2. An epithet of Shiva or Vishnu. 3. A king of the Nishadas and friend of Rama. 4. A title proper to persons of the writer caste. 5. A swift horse.
गुह (guha) [Printed book page 0294-a] Guha, as, m. a N. of Skanda or Kārttikeya, the god of war (as reared in a secret place); an epithet of Śiva; of Viṣṇu; N. of a king of the Niṣādas, a friend of Rāma; a N. or title proper to persons of the writer-caste; a horse, a swift horse; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people in the south of India. —Guha-gupta,as, m., N. of a Bodhi-sattva. —Guha-candra, as, m., N. of a merchant. —Guha-deva, as, m., N. of a teacher. —Guha-rāja, as, m. a peculiar form or construction of a temple. —Guha-śiva, as, m., N. of a king of Kaliṅga. —Guha-ṣaṣṭhī, f. the sixth day in the former half of Mārgaśīrṣa. —Guha-sena,as, m., N. of a merchant. [ID=17550]
गुह (guha) [Printed book page 1-539] Guha (I) — (God Subrahmaṇya, Senāpati) a son of Ambikā (Pārvati) was born as Sāmba, son of Kṛṣṇa. Tīrtha sacred to, in the Sarasvatī visited by Vidura.1 Guha is said to hve shot arrows at Krauñca hill.2 Fought with Tāraka in the Devāsura war and with Pradyumna at Śonitapura.3 Relieved Mucukunda defending Heaven.4 With peacock as riding animal, defended Tripurāri's chariot; birth of, in a Śaravana, as a baby of seven days killed Asura Tāraka.5 Weapon Śakti.6 Page1-540+ 25
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. III. 1. 22. and 30. Br. III. 24. 4; IV. 30. 104; Vā. 30. 315; 39. 55, 41. 40; Vi. V. 33. 26.]
गुह (guha) [Printed book page 294] गुह (guha) r. 1st cl. (ऊ (ū)) गुह (guha)ू (guhū) (गुह (guha)ति (guhati)) To cover, to cover as with clothes, to wear. [ID=13767]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
To cover or wear.
गुह (guha) [Printed book page 242-a] गुह (guha)
r. 1st cl. (ऊ)गुह (guha)ू(गुह (guha)ति) ((ū)guhū(guhati)) To cover, to cover as with clothes. to wear.
गुहा (guhā)ind. (3.गुहा (guhā)), Ved.instr. in a hiding-place, in secret, secretly (opposed to आविस् (āvis), and especially with √धा (dhā), नि- (ni-)√धा (dhā) (√dhā), √कृ (kṛ), ‘to conceal, remove’), RV.; AV.; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) xi , xiii. [ID=66271]
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Definitions on this page come from 11 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
