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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhihan (अभिहन्).—2 P.

1) To strike, smite, beat (fig. also); thump at; अभिहन्ति हन्त कथमेष माधवम् (abhihanti hanta kathameṣa mādhavam) (smaraḥ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.39; लोष्टैरभिध्नन्तो नयत (loṣṭairabhidhnanto nayata) Uttararāmacarita 4; कल्लोलमालाभिहतः पोतः (kallolamālābhihataḥ potaḥ) Daśakumāracarita 7.

2) To hurt, injure, kill, destroy.

3) To drive or beat off, ward off; आलोलपत्राभिहतद्विरेफम् (ālolapatrābhihatadvirepham) (aravindam) R.6.13.

4) To strike or beat (as a drum &c.). ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः । सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त (tataḥ śaṅkhāśca bheryaśca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ | sahasaivābhyahanyanta) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.13.

5) To befall, attack; affect, overpower; Daśakumāracarita 6. -Caus. To strike &c.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhihan (अभिहन्).—strike at, beat (drum), smite, afflict, visit, touch. [Desiderative] wish to strike down.

Abhihan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhi and han (हन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhihan (अभिहन्):—[=abhi-√han] (2. sg. Imper. -jahi [imperfect tense] -han [Ṛg-veda v, 29, 2] & perf. -jaghantha) to thump at, strike, kill, [Ṛg-veda] etc.;

—to beat (as a drum, etc.), [Mahābhārata vi, 1535; Bhagavad-gītā] etc.;

—to afflict, visit with ([instrumental case]), [Mahābhārata xiii, 4375; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa] :—[Desiderative] -jighāṃsati, to intend to strike down, [Ṛg-veda vii, 59, 8.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Abhihan (अभिहन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Abhihaṇa.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Han, Abhi.

Starts with: Abhihana, Abhihanana, Abhihanati, Abhihani, Abhihanyamana.

Full-text: Abhihana, Abhihanati, Abhighata, Abhighatakin, Abhihatya, Abhighatin, Abhihati, Abhighatita, Abhighataka, Abhihata.

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