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hiṃs हिंस् – injure; harm; kill

adjective · verbal root · Word type unspecified · verb

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary verbal root

injure; harm; kill

Derived from

  1. han हन् verbal root — strike; slay; destroy
Cappeller 1891 verb

Original text · English · verb

hiṃs hinásti híṃste hiṃsati ·v pp. hiṃsitá (q.v.) injure, hurt, harm, kill, destroy. C. hiṃsayati the same. D. jíhiṃsiṣati wish to injure etc. -- upa & vi = S.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

hiṃs hiṃs (by some regarded as an anomalous Desid. of rt. 1. han), cl. 1. 7. P. (ep. also A.) hiṃsati (-te), hinasti, jihiṃsa, hiṃsiṣyati (ep. A. hiṃsiṣyate), ahiṃsīt, hiṃsi- tum, to strike, hit, beat; to hurt, harm, wound, injure; to kill, slay, destroy: Pass. hiṃsyate, Aor. ahiṃsi: Caus. or cl. 10. hiṃsayati, -yitum, Aor. ajihiṃsat, to kill, slay: Desid. jihiṃsiṣati: Intens. jehiṃsyate, jehiṃsti; [cf. perhaps Old Germ. geis- la, ‘a whip;’ Mod. Germ. Geissel.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective

2. √hiṃs (= 1. hiṃs) adj. verletzend, ein Leid zufügend in su˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. hiṃs , hinásti (hiṃsāyām) DHĀTUP. 29,19. VOP. 14,3. híṃsanti und hiṃsánti P. 6,1,188. ahinat, hinasāvas ŚAT. BR. 1,2,1,15. hinasātas ŚAT. BR. 1,1,4,5. hinásan ŚAT. BR. 1,7,4,16. jihiṃsa, jihiṃsima, jíhiṃsīs AV. 12,3,18. hiṃsīt, hiṃsīṣṭa, hiṃsiṣyati, med. híṃste AV. 12,4,13. hiṃsitvā́. verletzen (auch tödtlich), ein Leid anthun; schädigen, stören: na yaṃ hiṃsànti dhī̱tayàḥ ṚV. 6,34,3. ṚV. 10,15,6. ṚV. 10,121,9. VS. 4,1. VS. 4,9. VS. 5,3. VS. 5,34. padā AIT. BR. 5,1. na hi svaḥ svaṃ hi̱nastì TS. 5,1,7,1. TBR. 2,3,2,5. manàḥ AV. 2,12,2. AV. 5,17,7. memama̱nye mṛ̱tyavò hiṃsiṣuḥ AV. 2,28,1. AV. 5,18,12. AV. 5,19,1. AV. 6,120,1. AV. 12,1,34. ŚAT. BR. 1,6,3,7. ŚAT. BR. 4,6,9,1. ŚAT. BR. 7,1,1,38. ŚAT. BR. 7,4,1,18. ŚAT. BR. 10,2,3,18. KĀTY. ŚR. 4,12,24. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,17,9. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2,1,10. AIT. UP. 4,2,2. āsaptamāṃstasya lokān MUṆḌ. UP. 1,2,3. — hinasti u. s. w. M. 4,162. M. 5,42. M. 5,45. M. 6,69. M. 7,73. M. 8,279. M. 8,345. M. 9,316. BHAG. 13,28. MBH. 1,2948. MBH. 1,3911. MBH. 3,1091. MBH. 4,446. R. 2,35,13. R. GORR. 1,41,29 (sarvānna hiṃ˚ zu lesen). R. GORR. 3,5,20. R. GORR. 4,8,9. R. GORR. 4,17,27. R. GORR. 5,29,25. SUŚR. 1,94,18. asūn SUŚR. 2,494,14. VIKR. 16. Spr. (II) 3232. Spr. (II) 3510. Spr. (II) 5269. Spr. (II) 5504. Spr. (II) 7275. Spr. (II) 7392. BHĀG. P. 6,9,54. BHĀG. P. 6,18,46. BHĀG. P. 7,10,19. dravyāṇi M. 8,288. vṛkṣānudakam u. s. w. R. 2,91,9 (R. 2,100,8 GORR.). vratam M. 2,180. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 42,14. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 58,51. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 79,17. BṚH. 4,20. BṚH. 8,23. SARVADARŚANAS. 37,1. indrasya vikramam BHAṬṬ. 6,38. api hiṃsyājjagannātho mahāpātakapañcakam so v. a. zu Nichte machen VOP. 25,17. — hiṃsi st. hinassi MBH. 3,13269. hiṃse (so ed. Bomb.) 1. praes. med. MBH. 4,728. hiṃsāmi st. hinasmi R. 5,2,22. hiṃsati st. hinasti SĀMAVIDH. BR. 2,4,11. Spr. (II) 393. Spr. (II) 3877. Spr. (II) 4737, v. l. Spr. (II) 5609. hiṃsase MĀRK. P. 132,15. kālo hiṃsate dharmavīryam MBH. 13,4556. hiṃseta MBH. 3,13685. jihiṃsitha BHAṬṬ. 14,57. ahiṃsīt BHAṬṬ. 15,78. mā hiṃsīḥ MBH. 3,13289. mā hiṃsiṣuḥ R. 2,25,18. hiṃsiṣye MBH. 1,5997. MBH. 12,6628. BHĀG. P. 8,20,12. hiṃsitum MBH. 1,7864. MBH. 12,4300. atha vā mṛdu vastu hiṃsituṃ mṛdunaivārabhate prajāntakaḥ RAGH. 8,45. Spr. (II) 3304. pass. hiṃsyate wird geschlachtet Spr. (II) 4004. partic. hiṃsitá AV. 5,28,6. MBH. 1,566. MBH. 3,1091. MBH. 3,10799. MBH. 3,13685. R. 2,39,4. R. 3,35,14. R. 4,16,40. R. 4,17,28. R. 7,17,41. Spr. (II) 393. Spr. (II) 3877. Spr. (II) 4737. MĀRK. P. 112,10. n. nom. act.: hiṃsite pratihiṃsitam Spr. (II) 1874. hiṃsitavant R. 3,35,15. — Verkürztes desid. von 1. han. — caus. hiṃsayati dass. DHĀTUP. 34,23. MBH. 3,8552. MBH. 3,13030. MBH. 12,6549. MBH. 13,1676. — desid. jíhiṃsiṣati verletzen u. s. w. wollen ŚAT. BR. 9,1,1,35. ŚAT. BR. 9,2,1,2. — vyati act. sich gegenseitig ein Leid anthun P. 1,3,15, Schol. — ā Jmd ein Leid zufügen: jale matsyānivāhiṃsyurdurbalānbalavattarāḥ Spr. (II) 5213, v. l. med. sich befehden: jahnuvṛcīvanto rāṣṭra āhiṃsanta PAÑCAV. BR. 21,12,2. — upa = simpl.: yathā durgāśritānetānnopahiṃsanti śatravaḥ M. 7,73. devasvaṃ brāhmaṇasvaṃ vā lobhena M. 11,26. rāmārtham R. 2,9,4. med. upahiṃseta MBH. 13,4726. — ni s. nihiṃsana. — prati, partic. ˚hiṃsita n. das Vergelten eines zugefügten Leides Spr. (II) 1874. — Vgl. pratihiṃsā. — vi = simpl.: abudhā budhān Spr. (II) 857. Spr. (II) 1496, v. l. R. 1,14,15 (R. 1,14,16 GORR.). avihiṃsyānyān MBH. 3,8598. dhānyam M. 8,238. partic. vihiṃsita MBH. 12,6628. R. 2,72,44 (R. 2,74,49 GORR.). R. GORR. 2,74,53. BHĀG. P. 5,26,10. BHĀG. P. 10,7,32. BHĀG. P. 10,85,28. Vgl. vihiṃsaka fgg. — caus. dass.: tasmānna vardhayedanyaṃ na cātmānaṃ vihiṃsayet MBH. 12,11016.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · verbal root

Original text · German · adjective

2. hiṃs Adj. ein Leid zufügend in suhiṃs.

Original text · German · verbal root

1. √hiṃs hinásti híṃsanti und hiṃsánti hiṃste (episch und metrisch hiṃsi) st. hinasmi hiṃsāmi st. hinasmi hiṃsati st. hinasti hiṃsase hiṃsate und himseta hiṃsitá Partic. Jmd verletzen (auch tödtlich, sogar schlachten), Jmd ein Leid anthun; Etwas schädigen, stören, zu Nichte machen. — Caus. hiṃsayati dass. — Desid. jíhiṃsiṣati verletzen u. s. w. wollen. — Mit vyati Act. sich gegenseitig ein Leid anthun. — Mit ava in anavahiṃsita Nachtr. 5. — Mit ā Jmd ein Leid zufügen; Med. sich befehden. — Mit upa = Simplex. — Mit ni in nihiṃsana. — Mit prati in pratihiṃsā und pratihiṃsita (Nachtr. 6). — Mit vi = Simplex. — Caus. desgl.

Apte 1890 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

hiṃs 1 7 P., 10 U. (hiṃsati, hinasti, hiṃsayati-te, hiṃsita) 1 To strike, hit. 2 To hurt, injure, harm; Pt. 1. 307. 3 To afflict, torment; Māl. 2. 1. 4 To kill, slay, destroy completely; kīrti sūte duṣkṛtaṃ yā hinasti U. 5. 31; R. 8. 45; Bg. 13. 28; Bk. 6. 38, Bk. 14. 57, Bk. 15. 78.

Cappeller 1887 verb

Original text · German · verb

hiṃs, hinásti, híṃste, hiṃsati verletzen, schädigen, töten; p. p. hiṃsita. Caus. hiṃsayati dass. Desid. jíhiṃsiṣati verletzen wollen. upa u. vi = Simpl.

Burnouf 1866 verbal root

Original text · French · verbal root

*hiṃs hiṃs. hiṃsāmi, hiṃse 1, hinasmi 7 et hiṃsayāmi 10; p. jihiṃsa; etc. Frapper, muṣṭibhis à coups de poing; blesser, faire du mal: agniṣ ṭe tvacaṃ mā hiṃsīt qu'Agni ne lui endommage pas la peau, Vd. Tuer, paśum un animal, arim un ennemi. Détruire, vikramam la force de qqn. Cf. han.

Derived words

  • hiṃsā हिंसा substantive feminine injury
Further derivatives (1)
  • ahiṃsā अहिंसा substantive feminine non-injury

Occurrences in source texts (8)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 32–33: Yama and Niyama 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

HP 2 occurrences
HP 1.15-1.16*2: Factors of Practice 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

HP 1.33-1.43: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

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PYS 3 occurrences
PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 2 occurrences

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PYS 2.35–39: Perfected Yamas 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.32-3.33: Praxis-Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 3.5-3.6: Rudra's Auspicious Form 1 occurrence

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