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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

vārāṅgarūpopetaḥ	3.1.11	Masculine	Singular	siṃhahananaḥ

Monier-Williams Search

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han

cl.2 P. (

) hanti- (3. dual number hat/aḥ-,3. plural ghnanti-;rarely A1. hate-,3. plural ghnate-;and cl.1. hanati-, Vedic or Veda also jighnate-, ti-; Potential hanyāt-

also h/anīta-, ghnīta-; imperative jah/i-

handh/i-; imperfect tense /ahan-, Vedic or Veda and Epic also ahanat-, ahanan-, aghnanta-; parasmE-pada jaghnat-, ghnamāna-

; perfect tense jagh/āna-, jaghn/uḥ-

Epic also jaghne-, nire- subjunctive jagh/anat-

; parasmE-pada jaghniv/as-, Vedic or Veda also jaghanvas-; Aorist ahānīt-

[ confer, compare vadh-]; future hantā-

; haṃsyati-

; haniṣy/ati-, te-

etc.; infinitive mood h/antum-,Ved. also h/antave-, tav/ai-, toḥ-; ind.p. hatv/ā-,Ved. also tv/ī-, tvāya-, -hatya-; -hanya-

; -gh/ātam-

etc.) , to strike, beat (also a drum) , pound, hammer (accusative), strike etc. upon (locative case)

etc. ; to smite, slay, hit, kill, mar, destroy

; to put to death, cause to be executed

; to strike off

; to ward off, avert

; to hurt, wound (the heart)

; to hurl (a dart) upon (genitive case)

; (in astronomy) to touch, come into contact

; to obstruct, hinder

; to repress, give up, abandon (anger, sorrow etc.)

; (?) to go, move

: Passive voice hany/ate- (Epic also ti-; Aorist avadhi-or aghāni-), to be struck or killed

etc. etc.: Causal ghātayati-, te- (properly a Nom.fr. ghāta- q.v; Aorist ajīghatat-or ajīghanat-), to cause to be slain or killed, kill, slay, put to death, punish

etc. ; to notify a person's death (kaṃsaṃ ghātayati- equals kaṃsa-vadham ācaṣṭe-)

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; to mar, destroy

(varia lectio): Desiderative j/ighāṃsati-, te- (Potential jighāṃsīyat-

; imperfect tense ajighāṃsīḥ-

), to wish to kill or destroy

etc. etc.: Intensive j/aṅghanti- (

; parasmE-pada jaṅghanat-, j/aṅghnat-or gh/anighnat-), jaṅghanyate- (with pass. sense

), jeghnīyate- (

) , to strike = tread upon (locative case or accusative)

; to slay, kill

; to dispel (darkness) , destroy (evil, harm)

; to hurt, injure, wound

[ confer, compare Greek , ; , ; Latin de-fendere,of-fendere; Lit.genu,gi4ti; Slavonic or Slavonian gu8nati.]

Apte Search

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adhyavahananam	अध्यवहननम् [अधि उपरि अवहननम्] Beating again what is being threshed and peeled (पूर्वावघातेन वितुषीकर- णे$पि पुनरवघातः).

apahananam	अपहननम् Warding off, repelling &c.

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avahanana	n. threshing, un husking; lung; -hâra, m. putting off; -hârya, fp. to be made to pay (ac.); that must be caused to be paid; -hâsa, m. jest; derision; -hâsya, fp. ridiculous: -tâ, f. abst. n.; -hita, pp. √ dhâ; -helâ, f. contempt: in. with the greatest ease.

Bloomfield Vedic
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dundubhim	āhananābhyām AVś.20.133.1; Aś.8.3.19; Vait.32.25.

kṣipraṃ	vai tasyāhanane # AVś.12.5.47a.

namo	dundubhyāya cāhananyāya (MS. dundubhaye cāhananīyāya) ca # VS.16.35; TS.4.5.7.1; MS.2.9.7: 125.11; KS.17.14.

Vedabase Search

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ahanan	attacked	SB 7.5.39-40

avahanane	threshing	SB 10.44.15

Wordnet Search

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ahanan	avahananam dhānyāt lomānāṃ dūrīkaraṇasya kriyā yā prāyaḥ yantreṇa vṛṣabhaiḥ vā kriyate। saḥ vṛṣabhaiḥ dhānyasya avahananaṃ karoti।
ahanan	ātmaghātaḥ, ātmavadhaḥ, ātmahananam, ātmavyāpādanam, prāṇatyāgaḥ, dehatyāgaḥ, jīvitatyāgaḥ, jīvotsargaḥ, ātmadrohaḥ, kāmyamaraṇam, ātmahatyā svaprāṇanāśanam। ātmaghātaḥ mahāpāpam।
ahanan	kuṭṭanakarma, avahananakarma avahananasya kāryam। śīlā kuṭṭanena eva svasya jīvananirvāham akarot।

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