ahan n. [ na jahAti na tyajati sarvaTA parivartanaM, na, hA-kanin Uṇ. 1. 55 ] ( Nom. ahaH, ahnI-ahanI, ahAni, ahnA , ahoByAM &c.; ahariti haMti pApmAnaM jahAti ca Śat. Br. ) 1 A day (including day and night); aGAhAni Ms. 5. 84. 2 Day time; savyApArAmahani na taTA pIqayenmadviyogaH Me. 88 ; yadahnA kurute pApaM by day. 3 The sky (as traversed by the sun); samArUQe ca maDyamahnaH savitari K. 99 ; M. 2. 4 A sacrificial or festival day. 5 A day's work. 6 Viṣṇu. 7 Night. 8 A portion of a book appointed for a day. 9 A day personified as one of the eight Vasus. — nI ( du. ) Day and night. (At the end of comp. ahan is changed to ahaH, -haM or to ahna ; see P. V. 4. 88-91 ; VI. 3. 110 , VIII. 4. 7. Note . At the beginning of comp. it assumes the forms ahas or ahar ; e. g. saptAhaH, ekAhaH , pUrvAhRaH, aparAhRaH, puRyAhaM, sudinAhaM , ahaHpatiH or aharpatiH &c. &c.). Comp. — AgamaH ( aharA° ) the approach of day. — AdiH dawn; Śi. 11. 62. ( pb ) — karaH ( °haH or °skaraH ) 1 the sun; alavakArAsya vaDUrahaskaraH Śi. 1. 58 ; ( P. III. 2. 21. ). 2 a kind of tree. — gaRaH , ( °harga° ) 1 a series of sacrificial days. 2 a month. 3 any calculated term (Wilson). — jaraH [ ahoBiH parivartamAno lokAn jarayati jF-Ric-ac, ahAni vA asmin jIryaMti ADAre apvA Tv. ] Ved. the year as making days old. — jAta a. Ved. born in the day or from day, not belonging to night. — diva a. ( °hardi° ) existing every day. — (vaM) ind. [ ahaSca divA ca samA° dvaM° ] daily, every day, day by day; ya itTamasvAsTyamahardivaM divaH Śi. 1. 51. — divi ind. day by day, every day, constantly. — dfS a. Ved. belonging to the day; living. — nATaH 1 the sun, the lord of the day. 2 a kind of tree. — niSaM [ ahaSca niSA ca samA° dvaM° ] a day and night, a whole day; Ms. 1. 74 , 4. 97. — (SaM) ind. day and night, during the whole day, continually. — patiH [ ahaHpatiH , aharpatiH, ahaspatiH P. VIII. 2. 70 Vārt. ] 1 the sun; nanu rAhvAhvamaharpatiM tamaH Śi. 16. 57 ; R. 10. 54. 2 an epithet of Śiva. 3 a kind of tree. 4 swallow wort. — bAMDavaH the sun. — BAj, -loka a. Ved. partaking of the day. — maRiH the sun. — muKaM commencement of the day, morning, dawn. — raTaMtaraM ( P. VIII. 2. 68 Vārt. ) a portion of Sāma to be chanted at day. — rAtraH ( — traM also) 1 a day and night ( P. II. 4. 29 ); trInahorAtrAn Nala. 12. 44 ; triMSatkalA muhUrtaH syAdahorAtraM tu tAvataH Ms. 1. 64 , 65 ; Ms. 11. 84 ; Y. 1. 147. 2 a day of the Pitṛs, a month of the gods and a year of Brahmā. — vid a. Ved. 1 existing many days. 2 known long ago. 3 one who knows the fit time or season of a sacrifice. — SezaH, -zaM ( °haHSezaM ) 1 evening. 2 the last day of defilement.