hi हि
Definition: pcl. (never at beg. of a sentence, but gnly. following the first word; also in other positions after the emphatic word; the vb. of the sentence is always accented), V., C.: for, because (often after demonstratives, relatives, interrogatives); just, pray (with impv. or pot.; sts. ind., e. g. pasyâmo hi, we will just see); verily, surely, indeed; C.: often mere verse filler, esp. to avoid the hiatus or to obtain a long vowel, sts. even twice in the same sentence; hi -tu, hi -punar, it is true -but.
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