As a Hindi name
हेम · noun · masculine
हिम । पाला । बर्फ · स्वर्णखंड । सोने का टुकड़ा · सोना । सुवर्ण । स्वर्ण — Śabdasāgara
हेम · noun · masculine
भारतवर्ष की उत्तरी सीमा पर बरा- बर फैला हुआ एक बहुत बड़ा और ऊँचा पहाड़ जो संसार के सब पर्वतों से बड़ा है · श्वेत खदिर का वृक्ष । सफेद खैर का पेड़ — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ हिमालय
हेम · hema · s.m.
Gold — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1245
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a partic. weight of gold (= māṣaka)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hema" is the vocative of "hemā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "hema" is the vocative of "heman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
1. hema in comp. for 3. heman.
2. hema m. a partic. weight of gold (= māṣaka), L.
a horse of a dark or brownish colour, L.
N. of Buddha, L.
of a son of Ruśad-ratha, Pur.
hemā (ā), f. Hoya Viridiflora, L.
the earth, L.
heman &c. See 2. heman p. 1304, col. 1.
1. heman n. impulse, RV. ix, 97, 1 (Sāy. ‘gold’)
Alternative readings
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