As a Hindi name
एकाह · adj
एक दिन में पूरा होनेवाला । जैसे—'एकाह पाठ । एकाह यज्ञ' — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the period or duration of one day
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ekāha" is the vocative of "ekāhan" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
ekāha m. the period or duration of one day, Pāṇ. v, 4, 90; Mn.
a ceremony or religious festival lasting one day
a Soma sacrifice in which Soma is prepared during one day only (as the Agniṣṭoma &c.), ŚBr. iv, vi, xii, xiii; AitBr. vi; ĀśvŚr. ii, 3; KātyŚr. &c.
ekāha n. (-haḥ) The period of one day. E. eka and ahan a day.
ekāhan n. a single day (= ekāha), MBh. xvii, 67.
Alternative readings
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