1. مُهُر
muhur ind. (perhaps orig. ‘in a bewildering manner’) suddenly, at once, in a moment (often with a following ā), RV. ; AV.
The corpus record — Sanskrit
muhur
muhur ind. (perhaps orig. ‘in a bewildering manner’) suddenly, at once, in a moment (often with a following ā), RV. ; AV.
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Where it lives
- Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
2. مُهُر
for a moment, a while, RV. &c. &c.
3. مُهُر
at every moment, constantly, incessantly (muhurmuhur, now and again, at one moment and at another, again and again), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.
In the wild
- muhur Bhagavad Gita 18.76
Where it came from
- Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. mühur (vol. 2, scan pp. 392-393; entry #3148).
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