avahan
ava-√ han ( Subj. 2. sg. -han , RV. v, 32, 1 and vi, 26, 5 ; Imper. 2. pl. -hantanA , RV. ii, 34, 9 Imper. 2. sg. -jahi ; impf. 2. and 3. sg. -a/han , or ahan ; perf. 2. sg. -jaGanTa ) to throw down, strike, hit, RV. ; AV. ; MBh. ii, 915 ; Ved. to drive away, expel, keep off, fend off, RV. ; AV. &c.; chiefly Ved. to thresh, RV. i, 195, 2 ( p. fem. -GnatI ), TS. &c.: Ā. -jiGnate , to throw down, RV. i, 80, 5 : Caus. ( Pot. -GAtayet ) to cause to thresh, ŚBr. xiv : Intens. ( Imper. 2. sg. -jaNGanIhi ) to drive away, fend off, AV. v, 20, 8.