kaṉsa-vadhamācashṭe

han

hanti (3. du. hatáḥ, 3. pl. ghnanti;
rarely Ā. hate, 3. pl. ghnate;
andﾠ cl. 1. hanati, Ved. alsoﾠ jighnate, - ti;
Pot. hanyāt Br. alsoﾠ hánīta, ghnīta;
Impv. jahí TĀr. handhí;
impf. áhan, Ved. andﾠ ep. alsoﾠ ahanat, ahanan, aghnanta;
p. jaghnat, ghnamāna MBh. ;
pf. jaghā́na, jaghnúḥ Br. andﾠ ep. alsoﾠ jaghne, - nire Subj. jaghánat RV. ;
p. jaghnivás, Ved. alsoﾠ jaghanvas;
aor. ahānīt JaimBr. <cf. vadh>;
fut. hantā MBh. ;
haṉsyati ib. ;
hanishyáti, - te AV. etc.;
inf. hántum, Ved. alsoﾠ hántave, - tavaí, - toḥ;
ind. p. hatvā́, Ved. alsoﾠ -tvī́, - tvāya, - hatya;
- hanya MBh. ;
-ghā́tam Br. etc.), to strike, beat ( alsoﾠ a drum), pound, hammer (acc.), strike etc. upon (loc.) RV. etc. etc.;
to smite, slay, hit, kill, mar, destroy ib. ;
to put to death, cause to be executed Mn. Hit. ;
to strike off Kathās. ;
to ward off, avert MBh. ;
to hurt, wound (the heart) R. ;
to hurl (a dart) upon (gen.) RV. ;
(in astron.) to touch, come into contact VarBṛS. ;
to obstruct, hinder Rājat. ;
to repress, give up, abandon (anger, sorrow etc.) Kāv. BhP. ;
(?) to go, move Naigh. II, 14:
Pass. hanyáte (ep. alsoﾠ - ti;
aor. avadhi orﾠ aghāni), to be struck orﾠ killed RV. etc. etc.:
Caus. ghātayati, - te (properly a Nom. fr. ghāta q.v.;
aor. ajīghatat orﾠ ajīghanat), to cause to be slain orﾠ killed, kill, slay, put to death, punish Mn. MBh. etc.;
to notify a person's death ( kaṉsaṉghātayati = kaṉsa-vadhamācashṭe) Pāṇ. 3-1, 26 Vārtt. 6 Pat. ;
to mar, destroy MBh. Pañcat. (v.l.):
Desid. jíghāṉsati, - te (Pot. jighāṉsīyat MBh. ;
impf. ajighāṉsīḥ ṠBr.), to wish to kill orﾠ destroy RV. etc. etc.:
Intens. jáṅghanti ( RV. ;
p. jaṅghanat, jáṅghnat orﾠ ghánighnat), jaṅghanyate (with pass. sense MuṇḍUp.),
jeghnīyate (Pāṇ. 7-4, 31),
to strike = tread upon (loc. orﾠ acc.) RV. ;
to slay, kill ib. ;
to dispel (darkness), destroy (evil, harm) ib. ;
to hurt, injure, wound MuṇḍUp. ;
+ cf. Gk. θυίνω, θάνατος; φόνος, ἔπεφνον, πέφαται;
Lat. de-fendere, of-fendere;
Lit. genu, gíti;
Slav. gǔnati
2) mf ( ghnī)n. killing, a killer, slayer (only ifc.;
seeﾠ ari-, tamo-han etc.)