2 P. (haṃti, jaghāna, avadhīt, ava- dhiṣṭa-ahata; haniṣyati, haṃtuṃ, hata; pass. hanya- te; caus. ghātayati-te; desid. jighāṃsati) 1 To kill, slay, destroy, strike down; trayaśca dūṣaṇakharatrimūrdhāno raṇe hatāḥ U. 2, 15; hatamapi ca haṃtyeva madanaḥ Bh. 3. 18.

2 To strike, beat; caṃḍī caṃḍa haṃtumabhyu- dyatā māṃ vidyuddāmnā megharājīva viṃdhyaṃ M. 3. 20, Śi. 7. 56.

3 To hurt, injure, afflict, torment; as in...

a. Killing, slaying, destroying (at the end of comp.); as in vṛtrahan, pitṛhan, mātṛhan, brahmahan &c.

cl.2 P. (Dha1tup. xxiv, 2) hanti (3. du. hat/aḥ, 3. pl. ghnanti; rarely A1. hate, 3. pl. ghnate; and cl.1. hanati, Ved. also jighnate, ti; Pot. hanyāt Br. also h/anīta, ghnīta; Impv. jah/i TA1r. handh/i; impf. /ahan, Ved. and ep. also ahanat, ahanan,... See 4. ha, p. 1286, col. 1. 163339 1287,2 260298 mfn. struck, beaten (also said of a drum), smitten, killed, slain, destroyed, ended, gone, lost (often ibc. =...