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abhivah

(3. plural -v/ahanti-; Potential 3. plural -vaheyuḥ-; Aorist subjunctive 2. sg. -vakṣi-,3. dual number -voḷh/ām-[

]) to convey or carry near to or towards

: Causal -vāhayati- (incorrectly for ati-v-), to pass (time)

aha

n. (only Vedic or Veda; Nominal verb plural /ahā-

; genitive case plural /ahānām-

) equals /aḥar- q.v , a day

ahan

locative case /ahan- (Ved.) or /ahani-, or ahni-, etc.

ahan

Nominal verb dual number /ahanī- (See also sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order /ahar-) and plural /ahāni-

ahar

n. (the weak cases come fr. /ahan- q.v,the middle ones fr. /ahas-[see below] or in

also fr. /ahan-, q.v) a day

etc.

ahar

n. (/ahana-) Nominal verb dual number day and night

(see /ahaś ca kṛṣṇ/am /ahar /arjunam ca-,"the black and the white day" id est night and day

)

ahīna

m. (fr. /ahan-

) "lasting several days", a sacrifice lasting several days

etc.

ahna

only (like ah/a-) in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' for /ahan- (or /ahar-), q.v exempli gratia, 'for example' aty-ahna-, aparāhṇ/a-, pūrvāhṇ/a- etc., qq. vv.

ahnija

See /ahan-.

ākṣyat

([

]) mfn. (fut p.) only Nominal verb plural anti- with /ahāni-, certain days for the completion of the ceremony ayana- (performed for the āditya-s and aṅgirasa-s).

ārkṣyat

([

]) mfn. (fut p.) only Nominal verb plural anti- with /ahāni-, certain days for the completion of the ceremony ayana- (performed for the āditya-s and aṅgirasa-s).

avahan

(subjunctive 2. sg. -han-

;Imper. 2. plural -hantanā-

Imper. 2. sg. -jahi-; imperfect tense 2. and 3. sg. -/ahan-,or ahan-; perf. 2. sg. -jaghantha-) to throw down, strike, hit

; Ved. to drive away, expel, keep off, fend off

etc. ; chiefly Vedic or Veda to thresh

(parasmE-pada fem. -ghnatī-)

etc.: A1. -jighnate-, to throw down

: Causal (Pot -ghātayet-) to cause to thresh

: Intensive (Imper. 2. sg. -jaṅghanīhi-) to drive away, fend off

daśama

n. with /ahan-, the last day of the day of the daśa-rātra- ceremony

han

cl.2 P. (

) hanti- (3. dual number hat/aḥ-,3. plural ghnanti-;rarely A1. hate-,3. plural ghnate-;and cl.1. hanati-, Vedic or Veda also jighnate-, ti-; Potential hanyāt-

also h/anīta-, ghnīta-; imperative jah/i-

handh/i-; imperfect tense /ahan-, Vedic or Veda and Epic also ahanat-, ahanan-, aghnanta-; parasmE-pada jaghnat-, ghnamāna-

; perfect tense jagh/āna-, jaghn/uḥ-

Epic also jaghne-, nire- subjunctive jagh/anat-

; parasmE-pada jaghniv/as-, Vedic or Veda also jaghanvas-; Aorist ahānīt-

[ confer, compare vadh-]; future hantā-

; haṃsyati-

; haniṣy/ati-, te-

etc.; infinitive mood h/antum-,Ved. also h/antave-, tav/ai-, toḥ-; ind.p. hatv/ā-,Ved. also tv/ī-, tvāya-, -hatya-; -hanya-

; -gh/ātam-

etc.) , to strike, beat (also a drum) , pound, hammer (accusative), strike etc. upon (locative case)

etc. ; to smite, slay, hit, kill, mar, destroy

; to put to death, cause to be executed

; to strike off

; to ward off, avert

; to hurt, wound (the heart)

; to hurl (a dart) upon (genitive case)

; (in astronomy) to touch, come into contact

; to obstruct, hinder

; to repress, give up, abandon (anger, sorrow etc.)

; (?) to go, move

: Passive voice hany/ate- (Epic also ti-; Aorist avadhi-or aghāni-), to be struck or killed

etc. etc.: Causal ghātayati-, te- (properly a Nom.fr. ghāta- q.v; Aorist ajīghatat-or ajīghanat-), to cause to be slain or killed, kill, slay, put to death, punish

etc. ; to notify a person's death (kaṃsaṃ ghātayati- equals kaṃsa-vadham ācaṣṭe-)

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; to mar, destroy

(varia lectio): Desiderative j/ighāṃsati-, te- (Potential jighāṃsīyat-

; imperfect tense ajighāṃsīḥ-

), to wish to kill or destroy

etc. etc.: Intensive j/aṅghanti- (

; parasmE-pada jaṅghanat-, j/aṅghnat-or gh/anighnat-), jaṅghanyate- (with pass. sense

), jeghnīyate- (

) , to strike = tread upon (locative case or accusative)

; to slay, kill

; to dispel (darkness) , destroy (evil, harm)

; to hurt, injure, wound

[ confer, compare Greek , ; , ; Latin de-fendere,of-fendere; Lit.genu,gi4ti; Slavonic or Slavonian gu8nati.]

kavyavāḍa

mfn. equals v/āhana- below.

kavyavah

Nominal verb vāṭ- mfn. equals -v/āhana- below.

sāhantya

mfn. equals s/ahantya-, conquering, powerful

tṛh

cl.7. (imperative tṛṇ/eḍhu-; subjunctive plural tṛṇ/ahān-; Aorist atṛham-

; atarhīt-

; atṛkṣat-,

; perfect tense tatarha-

; pr. p. Nominal verb m. tṛṃh/at-

; f. dual number hat/ī-

; ind.p. tṛḍhv/ā- Passive voice plural tṛhy/ante-, parasmE-pada hy/amāṇa-

; cl.6. tṛhati-, tṛṃh-

) to crush, bruise

: Desiderative titṛkṣati-, titṛṃhiṣati-

; see vi-- ; t/arhaṇa-, tṛṃhaṇa-, tṛḍh/a-.

tris

ind. (

) thrice, 3 times

(sapt/a-,3 x 7,

; /ahnas-or /ahan-,"thrice a day",

; see

)

(abdasya-,"thrice a year",

) etc.

vah

cl.1 P. A1. (

) v/ahati-, te- (in later language A1.only mc.;Vedic forms which may partly belong to the Aorist are v/akṣi-, voḍham-, ḍh/ām-or voḷham-, ḷh/ām-, uhīta-, v/akṣva-, voḍhvam-, ūḍhvam-, /uhāna-; perfect tense uvāha-, ūh/uḥ-; ūh/e-

etc.; vavāha-, hatuḥ-

; Aorist Ved. /avākṣīt-or /avāṭ- subjunctive v/akṣat-, ati-, preceding uhyāt-; avakṣi-, avoḍha- grammar; future voḍh/ā-

; vakṣy/ati-, te-

etc.; vahiṣyati-

etc.; infinitive mood voḍhum-

etc. etc. [Ved. also ḍhave-and ḍhavai-]; vāhe-

; v/ahadhyai-

; ind.p. ūḍhvā-

; -/uhya-

etc.; confer, compare 1. ūh-), to carry, transport, convey (with instrumental case of vehicle)

etc. ; to lead, conduct (especially offerings to the gods, said of agni-)

; to bear along (water, said of rivers)

; to draw (a car), guide (horses etc.)

; to lead towards, to bring, procure, bestow

; to cause, effect

; to offer (a sacrifice)

; to spread, diffuse (scent)

; to shed (tears)

; to carry away, carry off, rob

etc. ; to lead home, take to wife, marry

etc. ; to bear or carry on or with (Inc. or instrumental case)

etc. ; to take or carry with or about one's self, have, possess

; to wear (clothes)

; (with śiras-) to bear one's head (uccaiś-tarām-,"high")

; (with vasuṃdharām-or kṣmā-maṇḍālam-) to support id est rule the earth

; (with garbham-) to be with child

; to bear, suffer, endure

; to forbear, forgive, pardon

; to undergo (with agnim-, viṣam-, tulām-,"the ordeal of fire, poison, and the balance")

; to experience, feel

etc. ; to exhibit, show, betray

; to pay (a fine)

; to pass, spend (time)

; (intrans.) to drive, ride, go by or in (with instrumental case of the vehicle) , be borne or carried along, run, swim etc.

etc. ; to draw (scilicet a carriage, said of a horse)

; to blow (as wind)

; to pass away, elapse

: Passive voice uhy/ate- (Epic also ti-; Aorist avāhi-), to be carried (uhyamāna-,"being carried") etc. ; to be drawn or borne by (instrumental case) or along or off

etc. etc.: Causal vāhayati- (mc. also te-; Aorist avīvahat-; Passive voice vāhyate-), to cause to bear or carry or convey or draw (with two accusative

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), drive (a chariot), guide or ride (a horse), propel (a boat), go or travel by any vehicle

etc. ; to cause to guide (two accusative)

; to cause any one (accusative) to carry anything (accusative) on (locative case)

; to cause to take in marriage

; to cause to be conveyed by (instrumental case)

; to traverse (a road)

; to accomplish (a journey)

; to employ, keep going or in work

; to give, administer (See vāhita-) ; to take in, deceive (See idem or '1. 2. vasra-. See p.932, and column 1.'): Desiderative vivakṣati-, te- grammar : Intensive vanīvāhy/ate-, to carry hither and thither (confer, compare vanīv/āhana-and vanīvāhit/a-) ; vāvahīti-, to bear (a burden)

; vāvahyate-, vāvoḍhi- grammar ([ confer, compare Greek for , ; Latin vehere,vehiculum; Slavonic or Slavonian vesti; Lithuanian ve4z3ti; Gothic gawigan; German wëgan,bewegen; English weigh.])

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