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Entry छिद्

छिद्chid7 U. (छिनत्ति, छिन्ते, चिच्छेद, अच्छिदत्, अच्छैत्सीत्, अच्छित्त, छेत्तुम्, छिन्न)
1. 7 Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada) (छिनत्ति, छिन्ते, चिच्छेद, अच्छिदत्, अच्छैत्सीत्, अच्छित्त, छेत्तुम्, छिन्न)
2. To cut, cut or lop off, hew, mow, tear, pierce, break asunder, rend, split, divide; नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि Bg.2.23; R.12.8; Ms.4.69,7;9. 276; Y.2.32.
3. To disturb, interrupt (as sleep).
4. To remove, drive off, destroy, quell, annihilate; तृष्णां छिन्द्धि Bh.2.77; एतन्मे संशयं छिन्द्धि मतिर्मे संप्रमुह्यति Mb; राघवो रथमप्राप्तां तामाशां च सुरद्विषाम् । अर्धचन्द्रमुखैर्बाणैश्चि- च्छेद कदलीमुखम् ॥ R.12.96; Ku.7.16.
5. To take away, remove, deprive of; न नः किंचिद् छिद्यते Ś. B. we do not lose anything Compare Latin scindo.
Derived forms and compounds
- छिद् chid, Adjective (At the end of comp.) Cutting, dividing, destroying, removing, splitting etc.; श्रमच्छिदामाश्रम- पादपानाम् R.5.6; पङ्कच्छिदः फलस्य M.2.8. -Masculine The divisor, denominator.
In the Gita2·23 4·42 15·3 6·39

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः ।

nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ, — Weapons cannot cleave it, nor the fire burn, nor do the waters drench it, nor the wind dry. 2·23
- छिन्दन्तिchindantipresent 3rd person plural of the verbal root chid (to cleave or cut down).
- छित्त्वाchittvāindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root chid (to cut down).
- छेत्तुम्chettuminfinitive of the verbal root chid (to dispel or cut down or cleave).
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