ahar | अहर् | ahar

a/har | अ/हर् | n. (the weak cases come fr. a/han | अ/हन् |, q.v., the middle ones fr. a/has | अ/हस् | [see below] or in RV. also fr. a/han | अ/हन् |, q.v.) a day, RV. &c.
a sacrificial or festival day, portion of a sacrifice appointed for one day's performance, AitBr. &c. (often ifc., as dvādaṣāha/ | द्वादषाह/ |, &c. See s.v. 2. a/ha | अ/ह |)
day personified as one of the eight Vasus, MBh. i, 2582 seqq.
N. of an Āṅgirasa, KāṭhAnukr.
of a Tīrtha, MBh. iii, 6070
(a/hanī | अ/हनी |) nom. du. day and night, RV.; AV. xiii, 2, 3 (cf. a/haṣ ca kfśṛa/m a/har a/rjunam ca | अ/हष् च क्फ़्शृअ/म् अ/हर् अ/र्जुनम् च |, ‘the black and the white day’ i.e. night and day, RV. vi, 9, 1)

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