ही [ hī ] [ hī ] ind. (an exclamation of surprise or astonishment or horror or sorrow or hilarity or satisfaction , usually translatable by) ah! oh! alas l

(also said to be so used in giving a reason or cause , and translatable by) therefore , so , because , for ( cf. 2. [ hi ] )

( it is sometimes repeated cf. [ hīhī ] ) Lit. Hariv. Lit. Bhaṭṭ.