haMta ind. A particle implying 1 Joy, surprise, flurry (oh!); haMta Bo labDaM mayA svAsTyaM Ś. 4 ; haMta pravfttaM saMgItakaM M. 1. 2 Compassion, pity; putraka haMta te DAnAkAH G. M. 3 Grief (oh!, alas!); haMta DiN mAmaDanyaM U. 1. 43 ; smarAmi haMta smarAmi U. 1 ; kAcamUlyena vikrIto haMta ciMtAmaRirmayA Śānti. 1. 12 , Me. 104. 4 Good luck or benediction. 5 It is often used as an inceptive particle; haMta te kaTayizyAmi Rām. Comp. — uktiH f. uttering the word ‘alas!’, tenderness, compassion. — kAraH 1 the exclamation ‘hanta’. 2 an offering to be presented to a guest; nivItI haMtakAreRa manuzyAMstarpayedaTa .