# कहोड (kahoḍa)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kahoda

कहोड (kahoḍa) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a man, the title of a work derived from him, the name of his work, a sage, father of Ashtavakra, a priest assisting the adhvaryu. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Kahoḍa: Man and Associated Work, Biographical Narratives of Kahoḍa, Kahoḍa as a Man's Name.

- **SLP1:** `kahoqa`  **IAST:** kahoḍa  **Devanagari:** कहोड
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahoda
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kahoda/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** काहोड (kāhoḍa)

## Meanings by context

### Kahoḍa: Man and Associated Work (2 definitions)
- 1. The name of a man. 2. The name of his work.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कहोड (kahoḍa) [Printed book page 114 ] कहोड (kahoḍa) m. N. of a man, n. of his work. [ ID=7388 ]
- 1. The name of a man. 2. The title of a work derived from him.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कहोड (kahoḍa) [Printed book page 0215-c ] कहोड (kahoḍa) kahoḍa, as, m., N. of a man, with the patronymic kauṣītaki or kauṣītakeya; (am), n. title of a work derived from him. [ ID=14175 ]

### Biographical Narratives of Kahoḍa (1 definition)
- A sage, father of Ashtavakra.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > कहोड (kahoḍa) [Printed book page 369-2 ] Kahoḍa, a brahman, father of Aṣṭāvakra. § 412 (Aṣṭā- vakrīya): III, 132, †10603 (disciple of Uddālaka, whose daughter Sujātā he married; on her he begot Aṣṭāvakra), †10612 (went to the sacrifice of Janaka, where he was vanquished by Bandin in a controversy, and drowned); 134, †10681 (when Bandin had been vanquished by Aṣṭāvakra K. arose from the water), (10683). [ ID=5047 ]

### Kahoḍa as a Man's Name (1 definition)
- name of a man  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 266,2] कहोड (kahoḍa) m. ( g. शिवा (śivā) दि (di) ), N. of a man with the patr. कौषीतकि (kauṣītaki), or कौषीतकेय (kauṣītakeya), ŚBr.; MBh. [ ID=46901 ]

### Kahoḍa's Priestly Role (1 definition)
- a priest assisting the adhvaryu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > कहोड (kahoḍa) [Printed book page 1-343 ] Kahoḍa — a madhyamādhvaryu. Br. II. 33. 16. [ ID=2739 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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