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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 हन्

  1. हन्hanTo cause to be killed, kill, slay.
    1. To cause to be killed, kill, slay.
    2. To destroy, ruin, mar, spoil; घातयितु- मेव नीचः परकार्यं वेत्ति न प्रसाधयितुम् Pt.1.363. -With अति to injure excessively. अन्तर् to strike in the middle.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • हन् han, Adjective Killing, slaying, destroying (at the end of comp.); as in वृत्रहन्, पितृहन्, मातृहन्, ब्रह्महन् &.c.

    • हन् han

      1. 2 Parasmaipada (हन्ति, जघान, अवधीत्, अवधिष्ट-अहत; हनिष्यति, हन्तुम्; हत; Passive हन्यते; caus. घातयति-ते); Desiderative जिघांसति)
      2. To kill, slay, destroy, strike down; त्रयश्च दूषणखरत्रि- मूर्धानो रणे हताः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.15; हतमपि च हन्त्येव मदनः Bh.3.18.
      3. To strike, beat; चण्डी चण्डं हन्तमभ्युद्यता मां विद्युद्दाम्ना मेघराजीव विन्ध्यम् M.3.21; Śi.7.56.
      4. To hurt, injure, afflict, torment; as in कामहत.
      5. To put down, abandon; तृष्णां छिन्द्धि भज क्षमां जहि मदम् Bh.2.77.
      6. To remove, take away, destroy; अम्भोजिनीवननिवासविलासमेव हंसस्य हन्ति नितरां कुपितो विधाता Bh.2.18.
      7. To conquer, overthrow, defeat, overcome; विघ्नैः सहस्रगुणितैरपि हन्यमानाः प्रारब्धमुत्तम- जना न परित्यजन्ति Subhāṣ.
      8. To hinder, obstruct.
      9. To mar, spoil; सकला हन्ति स शक्तिसंपदः Ki.2.37.
      10. To raise; तुरगखुरहतस्तथा हि रेणुः Ś.1.31.
      11. To multiply (in math.).
      12. To go (rarely used in classical literature in this sense; and when used it is regarded as a fault of composition); Exempli gratia, for example कुञ्जं हन्ति कृशोदरी S. D.7; or तीर्थान्तरेषु स्नानेन समुपार्जितसत्कृतिः । सुरस्रोतस्विनीमेष हन्ति संप्रति सादरम् K. Parasmaipada7 (given as an instance of the दोष called असमर्थत्व).
      13. (In Astronomy) To touch, come into contact.
      14. To ward off, avert. -Causal

    In the Gita1·131·311·362·52·618·171·341·441·351·45+8

    ततः शंखाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः ।

    tataḥ śaṅkhāśca bheryaśca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ — Then conchs and kettledrums, tabors and drums and horns, suddenly blared forth, and the clamour became tremendous. 1·13
    • अभ्यहन्यन्तabhyahanyantaimperfect 3rd person plural of the verbal root han (to strike, beat, to kill, destroy) with the prefix abhi (to blare forth).
    • हत्वाhatvāindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root han (to slay).
    • हन्तुम्hantuminfinitive of the verbal root han (to slay).
    • निहत्यnihatyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root han (to kill, slay with the prefix ni (after having killed).
    • हन्युःhanyuḥpotential 3rd person plural of the verbal root han (to slay).
    • अहत्वाahatvāindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root han (to kill) turned to convey a Negative idea by the addition of the prefix a.

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Headwords under ह

Part 1 of 5 ह – हवित्रीAll parts
  1. ह – हवित्री
  2. हविष्मत् – हितक
  3. हिन्ताल – हेम्य
  4. हेय – ह्लादनम्
  5. ह्लादित – ह्वे