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6 results for vadhaka

vadhaka

mfn. killing, destructive

mfn. intending to strike or kill

m. a murderer, assassin

m. an executioner, hangman

m. a particular sort of reed or rush

m. "one who superintends the act of putting to death", an executioner, hangman

Apte Search

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vadhaka	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.

Vedic Index of
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vadhaka	Is the name of some sort of ‘reed’ in the Atharvaveda and the Satapatha Brāhmaṇa.

DCS with thanks

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vadhaka	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)) Frequency rank 19983/72933

vadhaka	adjective destructive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) intending to strike or kill (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) killing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 64538/72933

Wordnet Search

"vadhaka" has 2 results.

vadhakaḥ, ghātakaḥ, daṇḍapāśikaḥ, vadhyāpuruṣaḥ, vadhakarmādhikārī

udbandhanadaṇḍasya prāptṝṇām udbandhaṃ yaḥ karoti saḥ।

prāptamṛtyudaṇḍasya puruṣasya vadhakaḥ udbandhanam akarot।

ghātakaḥ, mārakaḥ, ghātī, jīvāntakaḥ, vadhakaḥ, vṛkatiḥ, ātatāyī, unmāthaḥ, śiriḥ, hantā

yaḥ hanti।

ghātakāya dehāntadaṇḍaṃ dattam।