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 हानि

हानिhānif.Abandonment, relinquishment.
[हा-क्तिन् तस्य निः]
1. Abandonment, relinquishment.
2. Loss, failure, absence, non-existence; क्वचित्तु स्फुटालंकारविरहेऽपि न काव्यत्वहानिः K. Parasmaipada1 'it does not cease to be a Kāvya' etc.
3. Loss, damage, detriment; ग्रासोद्गलितसिक्थेन का हानिः करिणो भवेत् Subhāṣ. का नो हानिः Sarva S.
4. Decrease, deficiency; यथा हानिः क्रमप्राप्ता तथा वृद्धिः क्रमागता Hariv.; Y.2.27,244.
5. Neglect, omission, breach; प्रतिज्ञाdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, कार्यdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied.
6. Passing away, waste, loss; कालहानि R.13.16.
7. Equivalent to गतिः (from हा 3 Ā.); हानिभङ्गविकल्पानां नवानां संचयेन च Mb.12.239.33.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कर Adjective causing loss, detrimental, injurious; अनादिष्टोऽपि भूपस्य दृष्ट्वा हानिकरं च यः । यतते तस्य नाशाय स भृत्योऽर्हो महीभुजाम् ॥ Pt.1.88.
In the Gita2·65

प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते ।

prasāde sarvaduḥkhānāṁ hānirasyopajāyate, — By that, large and sweet clearness of soul and temperament, passion and grief find no place; the intelligence of such a man is rapidly established in… 2·65
- हानिःhāniḥnominative singular of the feminine noun hāni (loss) .
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