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Entry आततायिन्

आततायिन्ātatāyina.or s. [आततेन विस्तीर्णेन शस्त्रादिना अयितुं शीलमस्य Tv.]
1. or s. आततेन विस्तीर्णेन शस्त्रादिना अयितुं शीलमस्य Tv.
2. 'One whose bow is stretched to take another's life', endeavouring to kill some one; a desperado; गुरुं वा बालवृद्धौ वा ब्राह्मणं वा बहुश्रुतम् । आततायिन- मायान्तं हन्यादेवाविचारयन् ॥ Ms.8.35-51; Mb.3.36.1, Bg.1.36.
3. Anyone who commits a heinous crime; such as a thief, ravisher, murderer, incendiary, a felon etc.; अग्निदो गरदश्चैव शस्त्रोन्मत्तो धनापहः । क्षेत्रदारहरश्चै- तान् षड् विद्यादाततायिनः ॥ Śukra. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied-ता -त्वम् murdering, stealing, destroying etc.
In the Gita1·36

पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ।

pāpamevāśrayedasmānhatvaitānātatāyinaḥ, — Sin will take hold of us in slaying them. though they are the aggressors. So it is not fit that we kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, our kinsmen; indeed… 1·36
- आततायिनःātatāyinaḥaccusative plural of the masculine noun ātatāyin (aggressor, tormentor, oppressor).
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