वध्

{ vadh }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वध्   (also written बध्; cf. √ बाध्; properly only used in the aor. and Prec. tenses अवधीत् and °धिष्ट; वध्यात् and वधिषीष्ट, [Pāṇ. 2-4, 42 &c.; 6, 62]; the other tenses being supplied by √ हन्; cf. [Dhātup. xxiv, 2]; but in Ved. and ep. poetry also pres. वधति; Pot. वधेत्; fut. वधिष्यति, °ते; other Ved. forms are aor. अवधीम्, व॑हीम् Subj. वधिषः; बधीः, [TĀr.]; Prec. बध्यासम्, °सुः, [AV.]),

to strike, slay, kill, murder, defeat, destroy, [RV.] &c. &c.:

Pass. वध्यते, °ति ( aor. अवधि), to be slain or killed, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; &c. :

Caus. वधयति, to kill, slay, [MBh.] [a. Gk. ὠθέω.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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