As a Hindi name
मोह · noun · masculine
कुछ का कुछ समझ लेनेवाली बुद्धि । अज्ञान । भ्रम । भ्रांति · शरीर और सांसारिक पदार्थों को अपना या सत्यं समझने की बुद्धि जो दुःखदायिनी मानी जाती है · प्रेम । मुहब्बत । प्यार — Śabdasāgara
मोह · moh · s.m.
(and f. in H.), Loss of consciousness, fainting, unconsciousness, insensibility; stupefaction; bewilderment, perplexity, distraction; ignorance, folly, fatuity, infatuation, delusion — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1095
मोह · masculine
bewilderment, infatuation, attachment; love, charm
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit मोह — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀳 (moha), from Sanskrit मोह (móha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
moha m. (√ 1. muh; ifc. f(ā). ) loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, distraction, infatuation, delusion, error, folly, AV. &c. &c. (moham-√ brū, to say anything that leads to error; mohaṃ-√ yā, to fall into error; mohāt ind. through folly or ignorance)
fainting, stupefaction, a swoon, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, distraction, infatuation, delusion, error, folly, &c. &c. (moham-√ brū, to say anything that leads to error; mohaṃ-√ yā, to fall in…
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moha m. (√ 1. muh; ifc. f(ā). ) loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, distraction, infatuation, delusion, error, folly, AV. &c. &c. (moham-√ brū, to say anything that leads to error; mohaṃ-√ yā, to fall into error; mohāt ind. through folly or ignorance)
fainting, stupefaction, a swoon, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
(in phil.) darkness or delusion of mind (preventing the discernment of truth and leading men to believe in the reality of worldly objects)
(with Buddhists) ignorance (one of the three roots of vice, Dharmas. 139)
a magical art employed to bewilder an enemy (= mohana), Cat.
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