or ध्वस् class1 Parasmaipada Atmane-pada ध्वंसति (to go Naigh. ii, 14), that the rest of a word is to be suppliedते (Dha1tup. xviii, 16; perf. दध्वंसुर् Up.; दध्वंसिरे MBh. [also ध्वंसिरे] Bhat2t2.; -दध्वसे fg-veda; Aorist -ध्वस्/अन् fg-veda viii, 54, 5; अध्वंसिष्ट grammar; future ध्वंसिष्यते, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedसिता ibidem; indeclinablepage and participle -ध्वस्य MBh.), to fall to pieces or to dust, decay, be ruined, perish fg-veda etc.; to be gone, vanish (only imperative ध्वंस, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedसत, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedसताम्) MBh. Hariv. R.; to scatter, cover etc. (only ध्वस्त quod vide): Passive voice ध्वस्यते (Pa1n2. 6-4, 24 Ka1s3.); that the rest of a word is to be suppliedति (GopBr.) to be destroyed, perish: Causal ध्वंस्/अयति, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedते, to scatter TBr.; to destroy, disperse, disturb R. Das3.; to violate (a woman) Katha1s.; ध्वस्/अयति, to scintillate, sparkle (Agni अग्नि) fg-veda i, 140, 3; 5 : Desiderative दिध्वंसिषते grammar : Intensive दनीध्वस्यते, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedध्वंसीति Pa1n2. 7-4, 84 Ka1s3. [confer, compare German dunst, tunst; Anglo-Saxon du7st, Engl. dust .]
Source: Monier-Williams
