Dictionary meanings for dhvaṃs from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A. (dhvaṃsate, dhvasta) 1 To fall down, fall to pieces, be reduced to dust or powder; Bk. 15. 93; 14. 55.
2 To drop, sink, despond; Māl. 9. 44.
3 To perish, be ruined or decayed.
4 To be eclipsed; Mu. 3. 28.
5 To be covered with dust.
6 To scatter or sprinkle over.
7 To go. Caus. (dhvaṃsayati) To destroy, ruin, remove.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
or dhvas cl.1 P. A1. dhvaṃsati (to go Naigh. ii, 14), te (Dha1tup. xviii, 16; perf. dadhvaṃsur Up.; dadhvaṃsire MBh. [ also dhvaṃsire ] Bhat2t2.; -dadhvase RV.; aor. -dhvas/an RV. viii, 54, 5; adhvaṃsiṣṭa Gr.; fut. dhvaṃsiṣyate, sitā ib.; ind.p. -dhvasya... m. falling down, perishing, destruction, loss, ruin TBr.; Var.; Ka1v. &c 522,1 102399 f. a mote in a sun-beam L. 066121 522,1 102400 mfn. (ifc.) destroying Hit....
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