Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

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
GoS 42–49: Breath as Bellows 1 occurrence

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GoS 64–66: An Order for Practice 1 occurrence

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HP 4 occurrences
HP 2.48-2.50: Sūryabhedana 1 occurrence

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HP 2.60-2.68: Bhastrikā 1 occurrence

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HP 3.26-3.31: Mahāvedha 1 occurrence

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HP 4.0*1-4.0*14: Samādhi and Laya 1 occurrence

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HTK 3 occurrences
HTK 10.0*1–5: Sītkā, Śītalī and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.5*1–6*1: Sūryabhedana / Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.14*2–17*1: Śītalī and Antaraṅgaka-kumbha 1 occurrence

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