f. injury, harm (to life or property), hurt, mischief, wrong (said to be of three kinds, 1. mental as"bearing malice";2. verbal, as"abusive language";3. personal, as "acts of violence") etc.
n. any injurious or hostile act (especially employment of magical spells and mystical texts such as those of the atharva-- veda- for the injury of an enemy q.v)
mf(/ā-)n. injurious, mischievous, hurtful, destructive, murderous, cruel, fierce, savage (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'"acting injuriously towards") etc.
f. not injuring anything, harmlessness (one of the cardinal virtues of most Hindu sects, but particularly of the Buddhists and Jains;also personified as the wife of dharma-) etc.
f. () idem or 'n. () idem or 'f. the act of harming or injuring (with locative case) ' (with genitive case or in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound')' (with genitive case or in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound')
हिंङ्गु m., n. [हिमं गच्छति गम्-डु नि˚] 1 The plant called Asa foetida. -2 The substance prepared from this plant (asa foetida) for household use, especially in seasoning articles of food; अश्राद्धेयानि धान्यानि कोद्रवाः पुलका- स्तथा । हिङ्गुद्रव्येषु शाकेषु पलाण्डुं लशुनं तथा ॥ Mb.13.91.38. -3 The Nimba tree; Bhāg.4.6.17. -Comp. -निर्यासः 1 the gummy exudation of the hiṅgu tree. -2 the nimba tree. -पत्रः the iṅgudi tree.
हिंसा [हिंस्-अ] 1 Injury, mischief, wrong, harm, hurt (said to be of three kinds:-- कायिक 'personal', वाचिक 'verbal' and मानसिक 'mental'); अहिंसा परमो धर्मः. -2 Killing, slaying, destruction; गान्धर्वमादत्स्व यतः प्रयोक्तुर्न चारिहिंसा विजयश्च हस्ते R.5.57;3.313; Ms.1.63. -3 Robbery, plunder. -Comp. -आत्मक a. injurious, destructive. -कर्मन n. 1 any hurtful or injurious act. -2 magic used to effect the ruin or injury of an enemy. (= अभिचार q. v.). -प्राणिन् m. a noxious animal. -प्राय a. generally injurious; हिंसाप्रायां पराधीनां कृषिं यत्नेन वर्जयेत् Ms.1.83. -रत a. delighting in mischief; हिंसारतश्च यो नित्यं नेहासौ सुखमेधते Ms.4.17; also हिंसाविचार in this sense. -रुचि a. intent on or delighting in mischief; व्याघ्राघ्नात- मृगीकृपाकुलमृगन्यायेन हिंसारुचेः Māl.5.29. -समुद्भव a. arising from injury.
हिंसक a. [हिंस्-ण्वुल्] 1 Injurious, noxious, hurtful. -2 Hostile. -3 Ferocious, savage. -कः 1 A savage amimal, a beast of prey. -2 An enemy. -3 A Brāhmaṇa skilled in the Atharvaveda.
हिंस्र a. [हिंस्-र्] Injurious, noxious, mischievous, hurtful, murderous; व्याधिता वाधिवेत्तव्या हिंस्रार्थघ्री च सर्वदा Ms.9.8;12.56. -2 Terrible. -3 Cruel, fierce, savage. -स्रः 1 A fierce animal, beast of prey; सा दुष्प्रधर्षा मनसापि हिंस्रैः R.2.27. -2 A destroyer. -3 N. of Śiva. -4 N. of Bhīma. -5 A man who delights in injuring living creatures; Ms.3.164. -स्रम् Cruelty; Ms.1.29. -Comp. -जन्तुः, -पशुः a beast of prey. -यन्त्रम् 1 a trap. -2 a mystical text used for malevolent purposes.
a. hurting, injuring (RV.1): -aka, a. injuring, hurtful; -ana, n. injuring, hurting; slaughter of (animals, --°ree;); -anîya, fp. to be injured; -slaughtered (animals); -â, f. injury, harm (to life or property): --°ree; gnly.=to, sts.=from; -itá, (pp.) n. injury; (híms)-itos, g. inf. √ hims; -ya, fp. that may be injured or slain; -rá, a. injurious, hurtful, mischievous, noxious (RV.1, C.); --°ree;, dealing severely with (C.); m. (C.) mischiev ous fellow, man following a cruel trade; beast of prey; n. cruelty (C.): -gantu, -pasu, m. beast of prey.
a. doing no hurt, harm less; -at, pr. pt. (á-) harmless; -â, f. (á-) harmlessness; abstention from injury to living things, gentleness; non-violation; -ra, a. doing no injury, harmless.
(pp.) n. requital of an injury, revenge; -hita, pp. √ dhâ; -hiti, f. adjustment of the arrow; -hita½i shu, a. having adjusted the arrow to the string; -hridayam, ad. in every heart;-homa, m. compensatory sacrifice; -hrâsa, m. curtailment; -hvará, m. slope.
a. injuring or harm ing (g., --°ree;); -himsa-tâ, f. injury to (lc.); -himsana, n., -himsâ, f. id. (g., --°ree;); -hita, pp. √ dhâ: -kshana, a. intent on (-artham), -tva, n. direction, prescription (vbl. n.), -ni yama, a. having taken a vow, -pratishid dha, pp. enjoined and prohibited, -sena, m. N. of a king; -hiti, f. procedure; accom plishment of (--°ree;).
noun (masculine) a Brāhman skilled in the magical texts of the Atharvaveda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a noxious animal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an enemy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
beast of prey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) injuring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
killing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
slaying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of hurting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a man who delights in injuring living creatures (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a savage animal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
beast of prey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a certain cruel Brāhman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Bhīmasena (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective fierce (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hurtful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
injurious (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
murderous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
savage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) kākādanī and elāvali (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a mischievous woman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a vein (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Coix Barbata (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Nardottachys Jatamansi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various plants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) Asteracantha Longifolia (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
harm (to life or property) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hurt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Injury or Mischief personified (as the wife of Adharnia and daughter of Lobha and Nishkṛti) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
injury (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mischief (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wrong (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) harmlessness (one of the cardinal virtues of most Hindū sects) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not injuring anything (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
safeness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
security (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) Cactus Opuntia (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Capparis Sepiaria (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Momordica Cochinchinensis Spreng. (commonly called Kūrkavāli) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to damage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hurt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to injure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to wound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective harming (with gen. or ifc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hurting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
injuring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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