भोस् [ bhos ] [ bhos ] ( fr. [ bhavas ] voc. of [ bhavat ] q.v. ; before vowels and soft consonants [ bho ] ; before hard consonants [ bhos ] and [ bhoḥ ] ; the latter form also in pause cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 8-3 , 17 ; but there is occasional confusion of these forms , esp. in later literature ; often also [ bhobhoḥ ] .) , an interjection or voc. particle commonly used in addressing another person or several persons = O! Ho! Hallo l , in soliloquies = alas! Lit. ŚBr. (according to Lit. L. a particle of sorrow and of interrogation) .