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खन् [khan] 1 U. (खनति-ते, खात; pass. खन्यते or खायते) To dig up, delve, excavate; खनन्नाखुबिलं सिंहः [Pt.3.17;] [Ms. 2.218;] [Ṛs.1.17.]
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खन्
cl. 1. P. ख॑नति (impf. अ॑खनत्; perf. चखान, 3. pl. चख्नुर्, [R. i] ; Ā. चख्ने, [Pāṇ. 6-4, 98] ; pr. p. Ā. ख॑नमान, [RV. i, 179, 6] ; [MBh. iii, 1897] ; Impv. खनतात्, [AitBr.] [[Pāṇ. 7-1, 44] ; [Kāś.] ]; Pot. खन्यात् or खायात्, [Vop.] ; Pass. खाय॑ते [[TS. vi] ; [ŚBr. iii] ] or खन्यते, [MBh. xii] ; [R.] ; [Pañcat.] ; inf. खनितुम्, [Pañcat.] ), to dig, dig up, delve, turn up the soil, excavate, root up,
[RV.] ;
[VS.] ;
[AV.] &c.;
to pierce (said of an arrow),
[Bhartṛ.] (
v.l. ) :
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To dig into the earth, bury.
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खन् [
cf. χαίνω, χανῶ, χώννυμι; Old Germ. ginēm, ginōm; Mod. Germ. gähne; Angl.Sax. cina, cinan; Lat. cuniculus, canalis.]
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