उद्धन्

{ uddhan }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

उद्-धन्   ( उद्-√ हन्) P. -धन्ति ( Ved. impf. 3. sg. -अहन्, [RV. x, 102, 7]; Impv. -हन्तु, iii, 33, 13, 2; du. -हतम्, i, 184, 2, &c.) Ā. (3. pl. उज्-जिघ्नन्ते, [RV. i, 64, 11]; Ved. inf. -धन्तवै॑, [ŚBr. xiii, 8, 1, 20])

to move or push or press upwards or out, lift up, throw away, [RV.]; [ŚBr.];

to root up or out, [BhP.];

to turn up (the earth), dig, throw open, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [TBr.] &c.: ( Ā.)

to kill one's self, hang one's self, [R.]; [Pañcat.]

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उद् धन्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

उद्धन् [uddhan]   2 P. [उद्-हन्] To raise up, elevate (fig. also) [Rv.1.12.7.] Ā. To kill one's self; Rām.; Pt. see उद्धत.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : खन्, खन्