As a Hindi name
हेति · noun · feminine
वज्र । भाला · अस्त्र · घाव । जख्म — Śabdasāgara
हेति · noun · masculine
प्रथम राक्षस राजा जो मधुमास या चैत्र में सूर्य के रथ पर रहता है । यह प्रहेति का भाई और विद्युत्केश का पिता कहा गया है । (वैदिक) · भागवत में वर्णित एक असुर का नाम — Śabdasāgara
हेति · heti · s.f.
A weapon, missile; a sword — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1244
हेति · heti · adv.
(dialec. Rām.), Yes, this (i.q. hāṅ yah) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1244
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a missile weapon, any weapon (also personified), &c. &c.
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Dictionary citations
heti &c. See p. 1303, col. 3.
heti f. (fr. √ 1. hi; in later language also m.) a missile weapon, any weapon (also personified), RV. &c. &c.
stroke, wound, Sāy.
Agni's weapon, flame, light, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a ray of the sun, L.
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