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Results for अवहन्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अवहन्avahan2 P.
1. 2 Parasmaipada
2. To strike, beat off, hit, kill.
3. To destroy, remove; दुरितम्, क्षुधाम्, द्विषः etc.
4. To thresh (as rice); अवहत्य तण्डुलान् Dk.132.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अवहन्avahan(Subj. 2. sg. -हन् RV. v, 32, 1 and vi, 26, 5; Imper. 2. pl. -हन्तना RV. ii, 34, 9 Imper. 2. sg. -जहि; impf.…

(subjunctive 2. sg. -हन् fg-veda v, 32, 1 and vi, 26, 5; Imper. 2. plural -हन्तना fg-veda ii, 34, 9 Imper. 2. sg. -जहि; imperfect tense 2. and 3. sg. -/अहन्, or अहन्; perf. 2. sg. -जघन्थ) to throw down, strike, hit fg-veda AV. MBh. ii, 915; Vedic or Veda to drive away, expel, keep off, fend off fg-veda AV. etc.; chiefly Vedic or Veda to thresh fg-veda i, 195, 2 (page and participle fem. -घ्नती) TS. etc.: Atmane-pada -जिघ्नते, to throw down fg-veda i, 80, 5 : Causal (Pot -घातयेत्) to cause to thresh S3Br. xiv : Intensive (Imper. 2. sg. -जङ्घनीहि) to drive away, fend off AV. v,20,8.

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अवहन्तृavahantṛm. one who throws off or wards off RV. iv, 25, 6.

masculine gender one who throws off or wards off fg-veda iv, 25, 6.

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