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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Hāntra (हान्त्र).—Death, dying.

-ntram A demon; Uṇādi-sūtra 4.168.

Derivable forms: hāntraḥ (हान्त्रः).

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

Hāntra (हान्त्र).— (hāndra hāndra), i. e. probably han + tra, n. Dying, death.

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

1) Hāntra (हान्त्र):—[from han] n. dying, death (= maraṇa), [Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 159 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] a Rākṣasa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] dying, death, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] war, fight, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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