ghna घ्न – destroying; removing
adjective · substantive feminine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary adjective
destroying; removing
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
ghna ·slaying, killing, destroying, removing (--°).
Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · Word type unspecified
Original text · English · adjective
ghna ghna, as, ī, am (fr. rt. han, and used at the end of compounds to express) killing, striking, a killer, destructive, destroying, removing; see artha- ghna, jvara-ghna, śatru-ghna, go-ghna, daṇḍa- ghna; (also to express) multiplied by; see dvi- catur-ghna. In a few compounds the fem. may end in ā [cf. kula-ghnā]; (am), n. killing, de- struction.
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
Ghna, ghnat, &c. See p. 310.
Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive feminine · substantive neuter
Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter
ghna (von han) 1〉 adj. subst. am Ende eines comp. f. ī P. 3,2,52—P. 3,2,54. VOP. 26,46. ā in kulaghnā MBH. 13,2397. kṛmighnā Gelbwurz. ghnī kann auch als f. von han angesehen werden. a〉 schlagend: daṇḍaghna M. 8,386. — b〉 tödtend, umʼs Leben bringend, Tödter: strībālabrāhmaṇaghna M. 9,232. M. 11,190. puruṣaghnī YĀJÑ. 2,278. surāri˚ MBH. 3,11039 (S. 570). 7,369. matsya˚ MBH. 13,2574. brahma˚ R. 3,16,13. bālaghnī BHĀG. P. 6,16,14. — c〉 vernichtend, zu Grunde richtend, entfernend (Uebel, Krankheiten): yaśoghna M. 8,127. dharmaghna YĀJÑ. 1,138. aghaghnena pāṇinā BHĀG. P. 4,8,25. yajñaghna BHĀG. P. 4,32. R. 1,11,16. viṣaghnairagadaiḥ M. 7,218. HIT. Pr. 28. kaṇḍū˚ SUŚR. 1,137,13. kāsa˚ SUŚR. 138,20. medo˚ SUŚR. 139,1 u. s. w. — d〉 nach einem Zahlw. multiplicirt mit: dvicaturghnaḥ mit zwei und vier multiplicirt VARĀH. BṚH. S. 50,39. — 2〉 n. Tödtung, Vernichtung; s. ahighna. — Vgl. adevṛghnī, apatighnī, apaśughnī (unter apaśuhan), abhrātṛghnī, arthaghna, arśoghna, avīraghnī (u. avīrahan), kacchughnī, kākaghnī, kāsaghna, kumudaghnī, kulaghna, kuṣṭhaghna, kṛtaghna, kṛmighna, garaghna, gurughna, goghna, jyeṣṭhaghnī, parṇayaghna, puruṣaghna, bhrātṛvyaghnī u. s. w.
Original text · German · substantive feminine
ghna 1〉c〉 durgaghnā f. HARIV. 9426. — d〉 SŪRYAS. 1,24. SŪRYAS. 1,49. SŪRYAS. 1,52. SŪRYAS. 1,55. f. ghnī SŪRYAS. 2,61.
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter
Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter
˚ghna — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 schlagend mit. — b〉 tödtend, umʼs Leben bringend, Mörder. — c〉 vernichtend, zu Grunde richtend, entfernend (Uebel, Krankheiten). — d〉 multiplicirt mit. — 2〉 n. Tödtung in ahighna.
Apte 1890 adjective
Original text · English · adjective
ghna a. (ghnī f.) (Used only at the end of comp.) Killing, destroying, removing, curing; brāhmaṇaghnaḥ, bālaghnaḥ, vātaghnaḥ, pittaghnaḥ; depriving one of, taking away; puṇyaghna, dharmaghna &c.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
ghna (—˚) schlagend, tötend, vernichtend, beseitigend.
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
Original text · French · substantive feminine
ghna ghna, f. ghnī (han) qui tue, qui détruit; qui guérit [à la fin des composés].
Occurrences in source texts (9)
GoS 2 occurrences
HP 4 occurrences
HTK 3 occurrences
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