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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ध्वंसdhvaṃsaFalling down, sinking, falling to pieces

    [ध्वंस्-भावे घञ्]

    1. Falling down, sinking, falling to pieces
    2. Vanishing, disappearance; ध्रुवं ध्वंसो भावी जलनिधिमहीशैलसरिताम्.
    3. Loss, destruction, ruin.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -सी A mote in the sun-beam.

    • -कारिन्

      1. Adjective
      2. destroying; स हि गगनविहारी कल्मषध्वंसकारी H.1.19.
      3. violating; मर्त्योऽप्यन्तःपुरध्वंसकारी Ks.16.166.
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  2. अपध्वंसapadhvaṃsa1 Degradation, falling off or from, disgrace.
    1. 1 Degradation, falling off or from, disgrace.
    2. Concealment.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -जः, -जा a person of a mixed, degraded and impure caste (where the mother belongs to a higher caste than the father's) एको विड्वर्ण एवाथ तथाऽत्रैवोपलक्षितः । षडपध्वंसजास्ते हि...Mb.13.49.8. अपध्वंसजाः स्मृताः Ms.1.41.46.

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  3. अपध्वंसिन्apadhvaṃsina.Destroying, removing; सर्वैनसामपध्वंसि जप्यं त्रिष्वघमर्षणम् Ak.

    Destroying, removing; सर्वैनसामपध्वंसि जप्यं त्रिष्वघमर्षणम् Ak.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. ध्वंसdhvaṃsa[dhvams-á] m. decay; loss; destruction, ruin, demolition: -ka, a. destroying (--˚); -kârin, a. causing the…

    [dhvams-á] masculine decay; loss; destruction, ruin, demolition: -ka, adjective destroying (--˚); -kârin, adjective causing the destruction of (--˚); violating (a woman).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ध्वंसdhvaṃsam. falling down, perishing, destruction, loss, ruin TBr. Var. Ka1v. &c.

    masculine gender falling down, perishing, destruction, loss, ruin TBr. Var. Ka1v. etc.

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  2. अज्ञानविध्वंसनajñānavidhvaṃsanam. N. of a Tatha1gata तथागत, Sukh. i .

    masculine gender Name of a Tatha1gata तथागत, Sukh. i .

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  3. अतिध्वंस्atidhvaṃsto raise the dust in running through or over (3. pl. Conj. aor. अति-ध्वस्/अन्) RV. viii, 55, 5.

    to raise the dust in running through or over (3. plural Conj. Aorist अति-ध्वस्/अन्) fg-veda viii, 55, 5.

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  4. अनुध्वंस्anudhvaṃsA1. (perf. -दध्वस्/ए) to fall or drop upon TS.

    Atmane-pada (perf. -दध्वस्/ए) to fall or drop upon TS.

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  5. अपध्वंसapadhvaṃsam. concealment AV.
    1. masculine gender concealment AV.
    2. masculine gender "falling away, degradation", in compound with
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  6. अपध्वंसजapadhvaṃsajamfn. "born from it", a child of a mixed or impure caste (whose father belongs to a lower [Mn. x, 41, 46] or…

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "born from it", a child of a mixed or impure caste (whose father belongs to a lower [Mn. x, 41, 46] or higher [MBh. xiii, 2617] caste than its mother's).

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