Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry नश्

नश्naśTo reach, attain.
1. To reach, attain.
2. To meet with, find.
3. To cause to disappear.
4. To destroy, remove, efface, drive away, cause to fly away.
5. To violate (as a virgin).
6. To cause to be lost, lose.
7. To forget.
8. To extinguish, put out (as fire). -II. 1. Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada) (नशति-ते) Vedic
Derived forms and compounds
- नश् naś, Feminine , -नशः, नशनम् Destruction, perishing, loss, disappearing; प्रतीक्षन्गिरिशादेशं स्ववीर्यनशनं कुधीः; Bhāg. 1.62.12.
- नश् naś
  
  I. 4. Parasmaipada (नश्यति, ननाश, अनशत्, नङ्क्ष्यति, नशिष्यति नष्ट; caus. नाशयति; Desiderative निनङ्क्षति, निनशिषति)
  
  To be lost, to disappear, vanish, become invisible; ध्रुवाणि तस्य नश्यन्ति H.1; तथा सामा न नश्यति Ms.8.247; Y.2.58; क्षणनष्टदृष्टतिमिरम् Mk.5.24.
  
  To be destroyed, to perish, die, be ruined; जीवनाशं ननाश च Bk.14.31; Ms.8.166;7.4; Mu.6.8.
  
  To run away, fly away, escape; नश्यन्ति वृन्दानि ददर्श कपीन्द्रः Bk.1.12; नेशुश्चित्रा निशाचराः 14.112; Ratn.2.3.
  
  To be frustrated, become unsuccessful. -Causal
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कुल-क्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुल-धर्माः सनातनाः ।

kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ, — In the annihilation of the family the eternal traditions of the family are destroyed; in the collapse of traditions, lawlessness overcomes the whole… 1·39
- प्रणश्यन्तिpraṇaśyantipresent 3rd person plural of the verbal root naś (to perish) with the prefix pra.
- प्रणश्यतिpraṇaśyatipresent 3rd person singular of the verbal root naś (to perish) with the prefix pra.
- विनश्यतिvinaśyatipresent 3rd person singular of the verbal root naś (to be lost, perish, disappear, be gone) with the prefix vi (to fall into perdition).
- प्रणश्यामिpraṇaśyāmipresent 1st person singular of the verbal root naś (to perish, to cease to exist) with the prefix pra.
- नश्यतिnaśyatipresent 3rd person singular of the verbal root naś (to perish).
- नाशयामिnāśayāmipresent 1st person singular of the verbal root naś (to destroy).
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