cl.1.P.dahati- (Epic also A1.; parasmE-padad/ahati-imperfect tense/adahat-; Aoristadhāk- ; 1 . sg.kṣam-;3. pluralkskur-; subjunctivedhāk-;2. sg.dhakṣi-, ; parasmE-padadh/akṣat-[also Nominal verbm.], d/ahṣat-, ; futuredhakṣyati-[ ] [ Potentialdhakṣyet-, ] etc.; dahiṣy-, ; infinitive mooddagdhum-) to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast etc. ; to cauterise ; to consume, destroy completely etc. ; to torment, torture, pain, distress, disturb, grieve etc.: Passive voicedahyate- (ti-) ; to be burnt, burn, be in flames etc. ; to be consumed by fire or destroyed ; to be inflamed (a wound) ; to be consumed by internal heat or grief, suffer pain, be distressed or vexed etc. ; Causaldāhayati- to burn or be burned etc. ; to cause to be cooked (Aoristpluraladīdahan-): Desiderativedidhakṣati- (confer, comparekṣā-, kṣu-) to be about to burn or consume or destroy (parasmE-padakṣamāṇa-): DesiderativeCausal (parasmE-padakṣayat-) to cause any one to make efforts to burn : Intensivedandahīti-, hyate- () to burn or destroy completely (imperativedagdhi-) ; A1. to be burnt completely [ confer, compareLithuanian degu4,"I am hot"; Gothic dag-s; Old German ta1h-t,"a wick"]
P. A1.-dahati-, te- (infinitive mood-dahas-), to burn out, burn up, consume by fire, destroy completely etc. etc.: Causal-dāhayati-, to cause to burn up or set on fire
P.-dahati-, to burn round or through or entirely, consume by fire, dry up : Passive voice-dahyate- (ti-), to be burnt through or wholly consumed, to burn (literally and figuratively)
P.-dahati- (Epic also A1.te-), to burn, consume, destroy etc. etc.: Passive voice-dahyate- (Epic also ti-), to take fire, be burnt, burn etc.: Causal-dāhayati-, to cause to be burnt
P. A1.-dahati-, te-, to burn together, burn up, consume by fire, destroy utterly etc. ; (A1.) to be burnt up, be consumed : Passive voice-dahyate-, to be burnt up ; to burn, glow ; to be distressed or grieved, pine away : Causal-dāhayati-, to cause to burn up : DesiderativeSeesaṃ-didhakṣu-.
P.-dahati-, to burn up, scorch, consume or destroy by fire ; to cauterize (a wound) ; to decompose, corrupt : Passive voice-dahyate-, to be burnt etc. ; to burn, be inflamed (as a wound) ; to suffer from internal heat ; to be consumed by grief, waste, pine ; to be puffed up, boast (varia lectiovi-katthase-for vi-dahyase-).
दहर a. [दह्-अर्] Small, subtle, fine, thin; अस्मिन् ब्रह्मपुरे दहरं पुण्डरीकं वेश्म Ch. Up.8.1.1. -2 Young in age. -3 Unintelligible. -रः 1 A child, an infant. -2 Any young animal. -3 A younger brother. -4 The cavity of the heart, or the heart itself; परिसरपद्धतिं हृदयमारुणयो दहरम् Bhāg.1.87.18; दहरकुहरवर्ती देवता चक्रवर्ती Viś. Guṇā.459. -5 A mouse or rat.
दह्र a. Small, fine, thin. -ह्रः 1 cavity of the heart, or the heart itself; एवं व्याहृतयश्चासन् प्रणवो ह्यस्य दह्रतः Bhāg. 3.12.44. -2 Fire. -3 A forest-conflagration.
a. (î) burning, consuming with fire; destroying (gnly. --°ree;); m. fire, Agni (f. --°ree; a. â); n. burning: -karman, n. act of burning; -garbha, a. having inward fire, flashing with anger (eyes); -½âtmaka, a. whose nature consists in burning or causing grief.
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) to be in flames (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to burn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to cauterise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to destroy completely (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to distress (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to grieve (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to roast (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to torment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Agni (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Anacardium officinarum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a pigeon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fire (of three kinds) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rudra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an attendant of Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the 5 forms of fire in the Svāhākāra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Plumbago zeylanica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the numeral three (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) burning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cauterising (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
consuming by fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sour gruel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective burning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
consuming by fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
destroying (chiefly ifc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scorching (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a child (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a mouse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a young animal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a younger brother (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective fine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
small (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
young in age (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to be consumed by fire subsequently after (acc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to burn up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to take fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to burn down (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to consume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to expel from (abl.) with heat or fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to burn out (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to burn up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to consume by fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to destroy completely (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to be burnt through or wholly consumed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to burn (lit. and fig.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to burn round or through or entirely (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to consume by fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to dry up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to be burnt or consumed by fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to burn towards (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to consume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to encounter with flames (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 4 ātmanepada) to burn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to consume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to destroy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 4 ātmanepada) to be consumed by grief (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to be inflamed (as a wound) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to be puffed up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to boast (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to burn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to burn up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to cauterize (a wound) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to consume or destroy by fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to corrupt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to decompose (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to pine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to scorch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to suffer from internal heat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to waste (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to burn completely (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to consume by fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to destroy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to be burnt up
to be consumed
to be distressed or grieved
to burn together
to burn up
to consume by fire
to destroy utterly
to glow
to pine away Frequency rank 12268/72933
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