m. the killing of an elephants (especially by a lion, which incurs the guilt of murder, whilst others carry off the spoils, such as the tusks and the pearls said to be found in the head)
वधः 1 Killing, murder, slaughter, destruction; आत्मनो वधमाहर्ता क्वासौ विहगतस्करः V.5.1; मनुष्यवधः homicide; पशुवधः &c. -2 A blow, stroke; पुनरज्ञातचर्यायां कीचकेन पदा वधम् Mb.12.16.21; Ms.8.267. -3 Paralysis. -4 Disappearance. -5 Multiplication (in math.). -6 A killer, slayer. -7 A vanquisher, victor. -8 Ved. A deadly weapon, such as Indra's thunderbolt. -9 (In law) A capital or corporal punishment. -1 Frustration. -11 Defect, imperfection. -12 (In alg.) A product. -Comp. -अङ्गकम् a prison. -अर्थीय a. = वध्य q. v.; वधक q. v.; वधार्थीयं क्षत्रिया राजपुत्री (गर्भं धत्ते) Mb.11. 26.5. -अर्ह (ण) a. deserving capital punishment; ब्रह्मबन्धुर्न हन्तव्य आततायी वधार्हणः Bhāg.1.7.53. -उदर्क a. resulting in death, proving fatal. -उद्यत a. 1 murderous. -2 an assassin. -उपायः a means of killing; हन्या- च्चित्रैर्वधोपायैः Ms.9.248. -कर्माधिकारिन् m. a hangman, an executioner. -जीविन् m. 1 a hunter. -2 a butcher. -दण्डः 1 corporeal punishment (as whipping &c.). -2 capital punishment; वधदण्डमतः परम् Ms.8.129. -निग्रहः capital punishment. -निर्णेकः atonement for murder; दानेन वर्धानर्णेकम् Ms.11.139. -भूमिः f., -स्थली f., -स्थानम् 1 a place of execution. -2 a slaughter-house. -स्तम्भः the gallows; Mk.1.
वधक a. (-धका, -धिका f.) [हनः क्वुन्, वध च Uṇ.2.35] Killing, destructive, injurious. -कः 1 An executioner, a hangman. -2 A murderer, an assassin. -3 A kind of reed.
अनुष्वध a. [स्वधामनु, स्वधया सहितः] Accompanied by food. -धम् adv. 1 Through or after food. -2 According to food; after every sacrifice. -3 Voluntarily, according to one's will.
विवधः 1 A yoke for carrying burdens. -2 A road, high-way. -3 A load, burden. -4 Storing grain; provisions. -5 A pitcher. -6 The income which a king obtains from his subjects.
वीवधः 1 A yoke for carrying burdens. -2 A burden. -3 Store of corn etc.; रुध्यध्वं निर्विषासूञ्शिशुयुवतिजानान् वीवधांश्चाद्रियध्वम् Mv.6.16; Śi.2.64. -4 A way, road; अज्ञातवीवधासारतोयशस्यो व्रजेत्तु यः Pt.3.41.
m. vanquisher, slayer (V.); deadly weapon, esp. Indra's bolt (V.); slay ing, slaughter, murder, destruction (of or by, --°ree;); capital or (more commonly) corporal punishment (in law-books); annihilation (of things); prevention (rare): -ka, m. murderer; executioner; -karma½adhikârin, m. execu tioner; -kâma, a. desirous of killing; -kâm yâ, f. intention of striking or killing; -gîvin, a. living by the killing ofanimals, butcher; hunter.
Seems to denote a yoke borne on the shoulders to enable one to carry a weight. But it is found in the Brāhmaṇas used only metaphorically in such phrases as vi-vivadha, ‘with the weight unequally distributed,’ and sa- vīvadhata, ‘equality of burden.’
te deva gharma madhumato vājavataḥ pitumato 'ṅgirasvataḥ svadhāvinaḥ (AB.Aś. madhumataḥ pitumato vājavato 'ṅgirasvataḥ) # AB.1.22.10; TA.4.10.5; Aś.4.7.4. P: aśyāma te deva gharma madhumato vājavataḥ pitumataḥ TA.5.8.12; śś.5.10.31. See under prec. but two.
te 'dhāṃ sahamānām (AVś. sahīyasīm) # RV.10.145.6a; AVś.3.18.6b; ApMB.11.5.6a (ApG.3.9.6). P: upa te 'dhām Kauś.36.21. See abhi te 'dhāṃ, and abhi tvādhāṃ.
noun (masculine) capital punishment
killing
murder
name of a Rākṣasa
slaughter
māraṇa (?)
[gramm.] substitute vadha- (for han-) Frequency rank 404/72933
noun (masculine) a murderer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular sort of reed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an executioner (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
assassin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hangman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective destructive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
intending to strike or kill (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
killing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a ewer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular Ekāha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a road (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a shoulder-yoke for carrying burdens (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a store of grain or hay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pitcher (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
provisions (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the income which a king obtains from his subjects (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) one's own duty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one's own rights (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
peculiar property (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
peculiarity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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