As a deity name
Name 178 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 163 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
Nearest attested word 'कुहू' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is कुह, meaning कुबेर. — Śabdasāgara nearest word: कुह — a suggestion, not a meaning
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the first day of the first quarter (on which the moon rises invisible)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kuhū" is the nominative dual of "kuhu" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. kuhū ūs, f. (fr. √ kuh = guh?), the new moon (personified as a daughter of Aṅgiras), AV.; Kāṭh.; TS.; AitBr. &c.
the first day of the first quarter (on which the moon rises invisible), W.
N. of one of the seven rivers of Plakṣa-dvīpa, VP.; BhP. v, 20, 10.
2. kuhū ind. = 2. kuhu.
kuhū f. (-hūḥ) 1 New moon; the first day of the first quarter on which the moon rises invisible. 2 The cry of the Koïl or Indian cuckoo. E. kuha to astonish, ūḥ affix, or with ku affix kuhu.
1. kuhu m. N. of a particular weight, Hcat.
kuhu f. (= 1. kuhu) the new moon, Pāṇ.; Siddh.
Alternative readings
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