Alternative spellings of this word include Hanan.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Hanana (हनन) refers to “destruction”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.16 (“Brahmā consoles the gods”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā said to the Gods: “O gods, the demon Tāraka has flourished, thanks to my words of blessings. His destruction [i.e., hanana] through me does not seem proper. Improper is the destruction through that source wherefrom he has flourished. Even a poisonous tree tended and nurtured by one cannot be cut and felled down by oneself. Śiva is the most suitable agent to carry out your task. But I myself cannot do anything remedial in this case. [...]”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Hanana (हनन).—One of the five heinous sins; Bṛhaspati narrates to Indra this to be the greatest sin; killing of the trusted to whatever community he belonged is the most heinous.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 6. 37; 7. 2ff.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Hanana (हनन):—Harass, trouble and annoy others continually or repeatedly

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Hanana (हनन) or “killing” / “destroying” is another name for Guṇana (“multiplication”) which represents one of the twenty operations (logistics) of pāṭīgaṇita (“science of calculation which requires the use of writing material—the board”), according to Pṛthudakasvāmī’s commentary on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta by Brahmagupta, a Sanskrit treatise on ancient Indian mathematics (gaṇita-śāstra) and astronomy from the 7th century.—The common Hindu name for multiplication is guṇana. This term appears to be the oldest as it occurs in Vedic literature. The terms hanana, vadha, kṣaya, etc. which mean “killing” or “destroying” have been also used for multiplication. These terms [e.g., hanana] came into use after the invention of the new method of multiplication with the decimal place-value numerals; for in the new method the figures of the multiplicand were successively rubbed out (destroyed) and in their places were written the figures of the product. Synonyms of hanana (killing) have been used by Āryabhaṭa I (499), Brahmagupta (628), Śrīdhara (c. 750) and later writers.

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Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Hanana in Madagascar is the name of a plant defined with Abrus precatorius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Abrus wittei Baker f. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· For. Fl. Punj. (1956)
· Systema Naturae, (1767)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) (1826)
· Verhandelingen van het bataviaasch genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen (1790)
· Standard Shona Dictionary. (1959)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Hanana, for example health benefits, extract dosage, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

hanana : (nt.) killing; striking.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Hanana, (nt.) (fr. hanati) killing, striking, injuring Mhvs 3, 42. (Page 729)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

hanana (हनन).—n (S) Striking, beating, hitting. 2 Slashing, chopping, cleaving, cutting. 3 Killing.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

hanana (हनन).—n Striking. Killing. Cutting.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Hanana (हनन).—[han-bhāve lyuṭ]

1) Killing, slaying, striking.

2) Hurting, injuring.

3) Multiplication.

-naḥ 1 A drum-stick.

2) A kind of worm.

Derivable forms: hananam (हननम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hanana (हनन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Killing, destroying. 2. Injuring, hurting, striking. 3. (In arithmetic,) Multiplication. E. han to hurt or kill, aff. lyuṭ .

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

Hanana (हनन).—[han + ana], n. 1. Striking, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 85, 7. 2. Injuring. 3. Killing. 4. Multiplication.

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

Hanana (हनन).—[adjective] ([feminine] ī) & [neuter] striking down, killing, destroying.

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

1) Hanana (हनन):—[from han] mf(ī)n. killing, a killer, slayer, [Harivaṃśa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. ([probably]) a drum-stick, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] a kind of worm, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] n. the act of striking or hitting, [Nirukta, by Yāska i, 1; 7]

5) [v.s. ...] striking off, [Mālatīmādhava]

6) [v.s. ...] killing, destroying, removing, dispelling, [Harivaṃśa; Kāvya literature; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

7) [v.s. ...] multiplication, [Āryabhaṭa [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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

Hanana (हनन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Killing, injuring; multiplication.

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

Hanana (हनन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ghāyaṇa, Ghāyaṇā, Haṇaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Hanana in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Hanana (हनन) [Also spelled hanan]:—(nm) slaughter, killing, assassination, murder.

2) Hananā (हनना):—(v) to kill, to slay, to slaughter, to assassinate; hence ~[nīya] (a).

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Haṇaṇa (हणण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Hanana.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Hanana (ಹನನ):—

1) [noun] the act of killing.

2) [noun] the act of destroying; destruction.

3) [noun] the act of striking or hitting.

4) [noun] (math.) a mathematical process by which the product of two or more quantities are obtained; multiplication.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Hananashila, Jananamga.

Ends with (+80): Abhihanana, Abhikkhaṇana, Abhyahanana, Adhahkhanana, Adhyavahanana, Ahanana, Anahanana, Anapahanana, Antarhanana, Anubhanana, Apahanana, Asamhanana, Atmahanana, Avahanana, Bakhanana, Bamdhuhanana, Bhanabhanana, Bhanbhanana, Bhaṇana, Bhrunahanana.

Full-text (+18): Ghayana, Atmahanana, Stambahanana, Pratihanana, Antarhanana, Nihanana, Kamsahanana, Vihanana, Samhanana, Samhanananga, Hananashila, Samhananavat, Ahananaprakara, Samhananabalopeta, Ghayaya, Bhrunahanana, Samhananiya, Apahanana, Sahanana, Samhananopeta.

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