Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

1 Parasmaipada (वधति) To slay, kill (not used in classical Sanskrit except as a substitute for हन् in the Aorist and Benedictive).

(also written बध्; confer, compare √बाध्; properly only used in the Aorist and Prec. tenses अवधीत् and that the rest of a word is to be suppliedधिष्ट; वध्यात् and वधिषीष्ट Pa1n2. 2-4, 42 etc.; vi, 62; the other tenses being supplied by √हन्; confer, compare Dha1tup. xxiv, 2; but in Vedic or Veda and Epic poetry also present tense वधति; Potential वधेत्; future वधिष्यति, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedते; other Vedic or Veda forms are Aorist अवधीम्, व्/अहीम् subjunctive वधिषः; बधीः TA1r.; Prec. बध्यासम्, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedसुः AV.), to strike, slay, kill, murder, defeat, destroy fg-veda etc. etc.: Passive voice वध्यते, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedति (Aorist अवधि), to be slain or killed MBh. Ka1v. etc. : Causal वधयति, to kill, slay MBh. [a. Greek ὠθέω .]