áhasa the base of the middle cases of áhar instr. pl. áhobhis [RV. (twice), VS.; ŚBr. &c.] dat. abl. áhobhyas [VS. &c.] loc. áhassu [ŚBr. x; AitBr. &c.]
Ahas (sitā, rātri) — of Brahmā) one cycle of a thousand caturyugas; at the end, when dāhakāla sets in Vaimānika devas come into existence, as also stars, asterisms, sun and moon, etc.;1 duration of in ordinary years;2 enters the waters in the evening;3 created with the Devas;4 of the Pitṛs is Kṛṣṇapakṣa.5[Footnote] 1) Vā. 3. 14; 7. 14-16; 24. 2; 61. 42; 100. 224-6; M. 231. 2; [Footnote] 2) Vā. 100. 131; Br. II. 6. 57f. [Footnote] 3) Vā. 53. 14-15. [Footnote] 4) Br. II. 7. 19; 8. 11; 13. 14. [Footnote] 5) Vā. 57. 9.