निहन्

{ nihan }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नि-√ हन्    a P. -हन्ति ( Impv. -जहि, [RV.]; p. -घ्न॑, [TS.] &c.; 3- sg. Ā. -जिघ्नते, [RV.]; p. जिघ्नमान, [MBh.]; pf. -जघान, [RV.] &c.; 3. pl. -जघ्नुर्, °निरे, [MBh.]; [R.]; fut. -हनिष्यति, °ते, -हंस्यति, [MBh.]; p. -हनिष्य॑त्, [RV.]; ind.p. -हत्य, KātyŚr. [ cf. अ-निहत्य]; inf. -हन्तवे, [RV.]; -हन्तुम्, [R.]),

to strike or fix in, hurl in or upon or against ( loc.), [RV.] &c. &c.;

to make an attempt upon, attack, assail ( acc. loc. or gen.), [AV.]; KātyŚr.; [MBh.];

to strike or hew down (also = mow, [L.]), kill, overwhelm, destroy, [RV.] &c. &c. (also applied to planets, [Var.]);

to hit, touch ( lit. and fig.), [MBh.]; [BhP.];

to beat (a drum), [Bhaṭṭ.];

to punish, visit, afflict, [Kāv.]; [Pur.];

to attach to ( Pass. -हन्यते, to be fixed upon, with loc.), [AV.];

to drop, lower, let sink (hands, wings &c.), [AV.]; [VPrāt.];

to speak with the unaccented tone i.e. with the अनुदात्त, [RPrāt.]; [ĀśvŚr.];

(in arithm.) to multiply, [Āryabh.] Comm. Caus. See नि-घात, °तय.

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नि √ हन्

नि-°हन्  m.  b m. a killer, destroyer ( ifc.), [MBh.]; [R.]

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नि °हन्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

निहन् [nihan]   2 [P.]
   To kill, destroy; देवयजीन् निहन्मः [Bk. 2.34;6.1;] [R.11.71;] [Y.3.262.]
   To strike, hit; तानेव सामर्षतया निजध्नुः [R.7.44;] [Ms.7.27.]
   To conquer, overcome; दैवं निहत्य कुरु पौरुषमात्मशक्त्या [Pt.1.361.]
   To beat, strike (as a drum); कोणैर्भेर्यो निजघ्निरे [Bk.14.2.]
   To counteract, oppose, render void, frustrate; वचसेव तयोर्वाक्यमस्त्रमस्त्रेण निघ्नतोः [R.12.92.]
   To cure (as a disease).
   To disregard.
   To remove, dispel; बद्धां बद्धां भित्तिशङ्काममुष्मिन्नावानावान्मातरिश्वा निहन्ति [Ki.5.36.]
   To strike in, infix.
   (In gram.) To cut off, separate; अतिङन्तात् पदात् पदं तिडन्तं निहन्यते Sk. on [P.VIII.1.28,] 29,3. -Caus. To kill, destroy.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : अपहृ