awwa a. [ awwayati anAdriyate anyat yatra ; aww-GaY ] 1 High, lofty; loud. 2 Frequent, constant (in comp). 3 Dried, dry. — wwaH -wwaM [ ADAre GaY ] 1 An apartment on the roof or upper story, a garret. 2 A turret, buttress, tower; gopura° Māl. 9. 1 ; nareMdramArgAwwaiva R. 6. 67 , 16. 11. 3 A market-place, market (probably for hawwa ). 4 A fine linen cloth. 5 A palace, palatial building. 6 Killing, injuring. 7 Excess, superiority. — wwaM Food, boiled rice; awwaSUlA janapadAH Mb. ( awwaM annaM SUlaM vikreyaM yezAM te Nīlakaṇṭha ). Comp. — awwahAsaH very loud laughter. — sTalI [ awwapraDAnA sTalI SAka . ta .] a place or country full of palaces &c. — hAsaH , — hasitaM, -hAsyaM [ karma° ] a loud or boisterous laughter, a horselaugh, cachinnation, usually of Śiva; tryaMbakasya Me. 58 ; giriSa° Dk. 1. — hAsin [ awwaM hasati-has-Rini ] 1 N. of Śiva. 2 one who laughs very loudly. — hAsakaH [ awwahAsena kAyate; kE-ka ] N. of a plant ( kuMda ) Jasminum Multiflorum or Hirsutum ( SuBrapuzpatvAcCuBrahAsatulyatA ).