As a deity name
Name 261 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 975 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 383 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
गुह · noun · masculine
कार्तिकेय · अश्व । घोड़ा · विष्णु का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
गुह · noun · masculine
गुह । मैला — Śabdasāgara
गुह · guh · s.f.
= gūh, and gū, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 928
गुह · masculine
feces, excrement
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit गूथ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀽𑀳 (gūha), from Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
gūtha m. (also n. g. ardharcādi) ‘feces, ordure’ (in the Pāyāsi-sutta in Pāli) See karṇa-.
gūtha ˚thaka, gūna See √ 1. gū.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘reared in a secret place’, N. of Skanda (the god; cf. Kārttikeya), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "guha" is the vocative of "guhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
guha m. (g. aśmādi) ‘reared in a secret place’, N. of Skanda (the god; cf. Kārttikeya), MBh. iii, ix, xiii; Hariv. 10478; Suśr.; Kum. &c.
N. of Śiva, MBh. xiii, 1263
of Viṣṇu, W.
of a king of the Niṣādas (friend of Rāma), R. i f., vi; Mcar. iv, 60/7
N. belonging to persons of the writer caste, W.
guhā (instr. of 2. guh)
(2. guhā), f. (gaṇas vṛṣādi and bhidādi) a hiding-place, cave, cavern, VS. xxx, 16; TBr. i; MBh. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Hcat. i, 7 and 10)
Alternative readings
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