Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

dhvaṃsana ध्वंसन – as, ā, am, causing to fall, destroying, demolishing, ruining

adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive neuter

dhvaṃsana ·a. & n. the same.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Dhvaṃsana, as, ā, am, causing to fall, destroying, demolishing, ruining; scattering, dispersing; sprinkling; (am), n. perishing, dying; loss, destruction, ruin; falling; going.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

dhvaṃsana (von dhvaṃs) 1〉 adj. a〉 zu Fall bringend, vernichtend: mahendramiva śatrūṇāṃ dhvaṃsanaṃ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ MBH. 5,5316. kaṃsa˚ GĪT. 5,20. dakṣādhvara˚ Bein. Śivaʼs PRAB. 33,15. — b〉 spritzend, als Erkl. von dhvasani NIR. 2,9. — 2〉 n. das zu-Grunde-Richten, Vernichten: āśrama˚ R. 6,38,21. akhilajagadbandha˚ BHĀG. P. 5,1,23.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

dhvaṃsana — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 *spritzend. — b〉 zu Fall bringend, vernichtend. — 2〉 n. das zu Grunde Richten, Vernichten.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive neuter

dhvaṃsana a. [dhvaṃs-ṇic lyu] 1 Destroying, ruining. 2 Scattering, dispersing. 3 Sprinkling, covering. — naṃ 1 Perishing, dying. 2 Loss, destruction. 3 Falling. 4 Going.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

dhvaṃsana dass.; n. das Zugrunderichten, Vernichten.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

dhvaṃsana n. (sfx. ana) chute; destruction. Action de faire tomber, de détruire.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.6*2–9*1: Ujjāyī / Ujjāyikā and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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