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आण āṇA Hindī and Avadhi word for an oath or sworn word, and for a proclamation. The Hindī Śabdasāgara glosses it by duhāī and derives it from āṇi, a limit or boundary. The retroflex spelling is far rarer in print than the ordinary dental one.
Where this term appears
- Duhāī: eight books, counted Treatise
Across eight independently compiled printed Śābara books, from six publishing houses in Delhi, Vārāṇasī and Prayāg, the most frequent recurrent marker is दुहाई,…