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    aṃhu

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2, col. 2.
    aṃhu (ved.) I. m. (-huḥ) 1 Wicked, sinful, distressed. 2 The name

    of an Asura. II. n. (-hu) Distress. III. n. f. (-hu-huḥ) Puden-

    dum muliebre. E. (-aṃh,) uṇ. aff. u.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 1, col. 2.
    Aṃhu, us, us, u, Ved. strait, narrow; (us), m.,

    N. of an Asura; (u), n. anxiety, distress; Pudendum

    Muliebre [cf. Gr. ἐγγύς Goth. aggvus; Lat.

    angustus, anxius, &c.]. —Aṃhu-bhedī, f. having

    a narrow slit, having the pudendum divided.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2, col. 3.
    aṃhu 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 dī having a narrow slit; having the pudendum divided (?).

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 1, col. 2.
    aṃhu mfn. (only in compar. aṃhīyas) narrow, AitBr. See paró-'ṃhu
    ☞ p. 1, col. 2.
    aṃhú (ú), n. (only in Abl. aṃhós) anxiety, distress, RV.
    ☞ p. 1, col. 2.
    aṃhu [cf. Gk. ἐγγύς; Goth. aggvus; Lat. angustus, anxius, &c.]

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 3.
    aṃhu 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 -dī having an narrow slit; having the pudendum divided (?).

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 7.
    aṃhú adj. eng, Comp. aṃhīyaṃs: paro varīyāṃso vā ime lokā arvāgaṃhīyāṃsaḥ AIT. BR. 1, 25. Diese Bedeutung hat das Wort auch im Comp. aṃhubhedī (s. d. folgenden Artikel); sonst erscheint im ṚV. immer nur der Abl. sg. aṃhos in der subst. Bedeutung Enge, Drangsal: 1, 63, 7. 107, 1. àṃhoścîdasmā urùcakrìradbhûtaḥ 2, 26, 4. mìtro àṃhoścìdādùru kṣayā̂ya gā̀tuṃ vânate 5, 65, 4. àṃhoścîdurùcakrâyaḥ 5, 67, 4. 8, 18, 5. astî devā àṃhorùru 8, 56, 7. - Vgl. 1. aṃhati, goth. aggvu-s und das bis auf die Verstärkung къ in der Form und in der Bedeutung übereinstimmende ѫзъкъ (dieselbe Verstärkung къ = ka finden wir in льгъкъ = laghu und in сладъкъ = svādu).
    ☞ vol. 5, p. 942.
    aṃhu vgl. paroṃhu .

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 3.
    aṃhú, a., enge (von aṃh). Im RV nur als Substantiv in der Bedeutung: Drangsal.

    -ós [Ab.] {107,1}; {217,4}; {419,4}; {421,4}; {638,5}; {676,7}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 1, col. 3.
    aṃhú

    — 1) *Adj. eng.

    — 2) n. Drangsal.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 37, col. 2.
    aṃhu tri0 ahi—mṛga0 ku . pāpakāriṇi . “ā vo'rvācī
    sumatirvavṛtyādaṃhościdyā” iti (ya0 8, 7) “aṃhoḥ”
    pāpakāriṇaḥ hananaśīlasyeti vedadīpaḥ .

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 30, col. 2.
    AṂHU . 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).