Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
2 P. 1 To strike, beat off, hit, kill.
2 To destroy, remove; duritaṃ, kṣudhāṃ, dviṣaḥ &c.
3 To thresh (as rice); avahatya taṃḍulān Dk. 132.
avahan
Dictionary meanings for avahan from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
(Subj. 2. sg. -han RV. v, 32, 1 and vi, 26, 5; Imper. 2. pl. -hantanā RV. ii, 34, 9 Imper. 2. sg. -jahi; impf. 2. and 3. sg. -/ahan, or ahan; perf. 2. sg. -jaghantha) to throw down, strike, hit RV.; AV.; MBh. ii, 915; Ved. to drive away, expel, keep off, fend... m. a blow Sa1h. &c 106,2 18436 m. threshing corn by bruising it with a wooden pestle in a mortar of the same material Jaim.; Katha1s. &c 106,2 18437 m. (for...
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