Bhrunahan, Bhrūṇahan, Bhruna-han: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhrūṇahan (भ्रूणहन्).—a. one who procures or causes abortion.
2) one who kills a learned Brāhmaṇa; अपि भ्रूणहणं मासात् पुनन्त्यहरहः कृताः (api bhrūṇahaṇaṃ māsāt punantyaharahaḥ kṛtāḥ) Manusmṛti 11.248.
Bhrūṇahan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhrūṇa and han (हन्). See also (synonyms): bhrūṇaghna.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhrūṇahan (भ्रूणहन्).—mf. (-hā-ghnī) 1. One who occasions or procures abortion. 2. The murderer of a Brahman. E. bhrūṇa the embryo, (or any thing of which the death is equally heinous.) and han who kills.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhrūṇahan (भ्रूणहन्).—[bhrūṇa-han], adj., f. ghnī, One who occasions or produces abortion, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 208; 8, 317 (Jones: At the first place as if he had read brahmaghnā, the killer of a priest; at the second, the killer of a priest or destroyer of an embryo).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhrūṇahan (भ्रूणहन्).—[masculine] = bhrūṇaghna.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhrūṇahan (भ्रूणहन्):—[=bhrūṇa-han] [from bhrūṇa] a mf(ghnī)n. = -ghna, [Brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] one who kills a l°, [Brāhmaṇa; Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra] ([Scholiast or Commentator])
3) [v.s. ...] b m. or n. (?) = -hati, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhrūṇahan (भ्रूणहन्):—[bhrūṇa-han] (hā-ghnī) 1. m. 3. f. One who occasions or procures abortion.
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Starts with: Bhrunahanana, Bhrunahantar, Bhrunahantri.
Ends with: Abhrunahan.
Full-text: Bhraunaghna, Purunakam, Bhruna, Bhraunahatya, Bhrunaghna, Bhrunadheya.
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Verse 11.87 < [Section VII - Special Expiation for Special Offences: (a) For Killing a Brāhmaṇa]