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Results for आततायिन्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आततायिन्ātatāyina.or s. [आततेन विस्तीर्णेन शस्त्रादिना अयितुं शीलमस्य Tv.]
    1. or s. आततेन विस्तीर्णेन शस्त्रादिना अयितुं शीलमस्य Tv.
    2. 'One whose bow is stretched to take another's life', endeavouring to kill some one; a desperado; गुरुं वा बालवृद्धौ वा ब्राह्मणं वा बहुश्रुतम् । आततायिन- मायान्तं हन्यादेवाविचारयन् ॥ Ms.8.35-51; Mb.3.36.1, Bg.1.36.
    3. Anyone who commits a heinous crime; such as a thief, ravisher, murderer, incendiary, a felon etc.; अग्निदो गरदश्चैव शस्त्रोन्मत्तो धनापहः । क्षेत्रदारहरश्चै- तान् षड् विद्यादाततायिनः ॥ Śukra. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied-ता -त्वम् murdering, stealing, destroying etc.

    In the Gita1·36

    पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ।

    pāpamevāśrayedasmānhatvaitānātatāyinaḥ, — Sin will take hold of us in slaying them. though they are the aggressors. So it is not fit that we kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, our kinsmen; indeed… 1·36
    • आततायिनःātatāyinaḥaccusative plural of the masculine noun ātatāyin (aggressor, tormentor, oppressor).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. आततायिन्ātatāyin[â-tatâ-y-ín] a. having one's bow strung; m. armed aggressor, assassin; danger ous character, felon.

    [â-tatâ-y-ín] adjective having one's bow strung; masculine armed aggressor, assassin; danger ous character, felon.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आततायिन्ātatāyinmfn. having one's bow drawn VS. xvi, 18
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having one's bow drawn VS. xvi, 18
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "one whose bow is drawn to take another's life", endeavouring to kill some one, a murderer Mn. viii, 350 sequens MBh. etc. (in later texts also incendiaries, ravishers, thieves etc. are reckoned among आततायिनस्).
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