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17 results for gn/a

abhiprahan

(3. plural -ghn/anti-) to overpower

anagnatā

(a-nagn/a--) f. the not being naked

apahan

(subjunctive 3. sg. -han-;Imper. 2. sg. -jah/i-,2. dual number -hatam-;2. plural -hat/ā-,or -hata-; perf. -jagh/āna-; pr. p. -ghn/at-; Intensive p. Nominal verb m. -j/aṅghanat-) to beat off, ward off, repel, destroy

dasyuhan

m. (Nominal verb h/ā- instrumental case ghn/ā-)fn. destroying the dasyu-s (indra- i,

; indra-'s gift, x, 47, 4; many/u-,83, 3; m/anas-,iv, 16, 10)

ghna

n. in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' "killing" See /ahi--, parṇaya-ghn/a- (see artha--, arśo--, kāsa--, kula--, kuṣṭha--, kṛta--, kṛmi--, gara--, guru--, go--, jvara--, puruṣa--,etc.)

gnā

f. (nom sg.? gn/ās-

) "wife" (=, jan-), a divine female, kind of goddess

gnāvat

(gn/ā--) mfn. accompanied by divine females

(vocative case and Nominal verb [!?] -vas-; gn/āvas- equals stuti-vācas-,"words of praise"

)

hastatra

m. or n. a hand-guard (see -ghn/a-)

jani

f. see gn/ā-.

janī

f. see gn/ā-.

mahāṇagnī

(!) f. See -nagn/a-.

nagnācārya

m. a bard

(see nagn/a-above) .

nagnatā

(gn/a--) f. (

) nakedness.

nihan

P. -hanti- (imperative -jahi-

; parasmE-pada -ghn/a-

etc.; 3- sg. A1. -jighnate-

; parasmE-pada jighnamāna-

; perfect tense -jaghāna-

etc.;3. plural -jaghnur-, nire-

; future -haniṣyati-, te-, -haṃsyati-

; parasmE-pada -haniṣy/at-

; ind.p. -hatya-

[ see a-nihatya-]; infinitive mood -hantave-

; -hantum-

), to strike or fix in, hurl in or upon or against (locative case)

etc. ; to make an attempt upon, attack, assail (accusative locative case or genitive case)

; to strike or hew down (also -mow

), kill, overwhelm, destroy

etc. etc. (also applied to planets

) ; to hit, touch (literally and figuratively)

; to beat (a drum)

; to punish, visit, afflict

; to attach to (Passive voice -hanyate-,to be fixed upon, with locative case)

; to drop, lower, let sink (hands, wings etc.)

; to speak with the unaccented tone id est with the anudātta-

; (in arithmetic) to multiply

commentator or commentary Causal See ni-ghāta-, taya-.

pāṇivāda

m. equals -ghn/a-

(also daka-

)

rugṇa

mfn. (sometimes incorrectly written rugn/a-) broken, bent, shattered, injured, checked

etc.

tvaṣṭṛ

m. "creator of living beings", the heavenly builder, Name of a god (called su-k/ṛt-, -pāṇ/i-, -g/abhasti-, -j/animan-, sv-/apas-, ap/asām ap/astama-, viśv/a-rūpa-etc.

;maker of divine implements, especially of indra-'s thunderbolt and teacher of the ṛbhu-s

;former of the bodies of men and animals, hence called"firstborn"and invoked for the sake of offspring, especially in the āprī- hymns

etc.

;associated with the similar deities dhātṛ-, savitṛ-, prajā-pati-, pūṣan-, and surrounded by divine females[ gn/ās-, jan/ayas-, dev/ānām p/atnīs-; see tv/aṣṭā-v/arūtrī-]recipients of his generative energy

;supposed author of

with the epithet garbha-pati-

;father of saraṇyū- [ su-reṇu-

; sva-reṇu-

]whose double twin-children by vivasvat- [or vāyu- ?

] are yamayamī- and the aśvin-s

;also father of tri-śiras- or viśvarūpa-

;overpowered by indra- who recovers the soma-[

] concealed by him because indra- had killed his son viśva-rūpa-

;regent of the nakṣatra- citrā-

;of the 5th cycle of Jupiter

;of an eclipse

; tvaṣṭur ātithya-Name of a sāman-

)

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