Apahan: 3 definitions
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Apahan means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApahan (अपहन्).—2 P.
1) To ward or beat off, repel, destroy, kill, take away, remove; अपघ्नन्तो दुरितं हव्यगन्धैः (apaghnanto duritaṃ havyagandhaiḥ) Ś.4.8; न तु खलु तयोर्ज्ञाने शक्तिं करोत्यपहन्ति वा (na tu khalu tayorjñāne śaktiṃ karotyapahanti vā) Uttararāmacarita 2.4 takes away; Manusmṛti 6.96; अपहतपाप्मानं सवितारमुपतिष्ठस्व (apahatapāpmānaṃ savitāramupatiṣṭhasva) Uttararāmacarita 3.
2) To attack, affect, seize (as disease &c.).
3) To husk out, take off the shell or husk (as rice).
4) To shoot out.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryApahan (अपहन्).—beat off or out, repel, destroy, unhusk (corn).
Apahan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apa and han (हन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apahan (अपहन्):—[=apa-√han] ([subjunctive] 3. sg. -han; Imper. 2. sg. -jahi, 2. [dual number] -hatam; 2. [plural] -hatā, or -hata; perf. -jaghāna; [present participle] -ghnat; [Intensive] p. [nominative case] m. -jaṅghanat) to beat off, ward off, repel, destroy, [Ṛg-veda etc.]
2) Apāhan (अपाहन्):—[=apā-√han] to throw off or back, [ṢaḍvBr.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Apahana, Apahanana, Apahani, Apahantar, Apahantri, Apahanuti.
Ends with: Papahan, Pralapahan, Vyapahan.
Full-text: Apaghatin, Apahata, Apahati, Apahanana, Apahantri, Vyapahan, Apahatapapman, Apajighamsu, Apaghata, Apaha.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 3.33.6 < [Sukta 33]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa IV, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Fourth Kāṇḍa]