1. han cl. 2. P. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 2 ) hanti (3. du. hata/H , 3. pl. Gnanti ; rarely Ā. hate , 3. pl. Gnate ; and cl. 1. hanati , Ved. also jiGnate , °ti ; Pot. hanyAt , Br. also ha/nIta , GnIta ; Impv. jahi/ , TĀr. hanDi/ ; impf. a/han , Ved. and ep. also ahanat , ahanan , aGnanta ; p. jaGnat , GnamAna , MBh. ; pf. jaGA/na , jaGnu/H , Br. and ep. also jaGne , °nire , Subj. jaGa/nat , RV. ; p. jaGniva/s , Ved. also jaGanvas ; aor. ahAnIt , JaimBr. [ cf. √ vaD ]; fut. hantA , MBh. ; haMsyati , ib. ; hanizya/ti , °te , AV. &c.; inf. ha/ntum , Ved. also ha/ntave , °tavE/ , °toH ; ind.p. hatvA/ , Ved. also °tvI/ , °tvAya , -hatya ; -hanya , MBh. ; -GA/tam , Br. &c.), to strike, beat (also a drum), pound, hammer ( acc. ), strike &c. upon ( loc. ), RV. &c. &c.; to smite, slay, hit, kill, mar, destroy, ib. ; to put to death, cause to be executed, Mn. ; Hit. ; to strike off, Kathās. ; to ward off, avert, MBh. ; to hurt, wound (the heart), R. ; to hurl (a dart) upon ( gen. ), RV. ; (in astron. ) to touch, come into contact, VarBṛS. ; to obstruct, hinder, Rājat. ; to repress, give up, abandon (anger, sorrow &c.), Kāv. ; BhP. ; (?) to go, move, Naigh. ii, 14 : Pass. hanya/te ( ep. also °ti ; aor. avaDi or aGAni ), to be struck or killed, RV. &c. &c.: Caus. GAtayati , °te (properly a Nom. fr. GAta , q.v. ; aor. ajIGatat or ajIGanat ), to cause to be slain or killed, kill, slay, put to death, punish, Mn. ; MBh. &c.; to notify a person's death ( kaMsaM GAtayati = kaMsa-vaDam Acazwe ), Pāṇ. iii, 1, 26 , Vārtt. 6 Pat. ; to mar, destroy, MBh. ; Pañcat. ( v.l. ) : Desid. ji/GAMsati , °te ( Pot. jiGAMsIyat , MBh. ; impf. ajiGAMsIH , ŚBr. ), to wish to kill or destroy, RV. &c. &c.: Intens. ja/NGanti ( RV. ; p. jaNGanat , ja/NGnat or Ga/niGnat ), jaNGanyate (with pass. sense, MuṇḍUp. ), jeGnIyate ( Pāṇ. vii, 4, 31 ), to strike = tread upon ( loc. or acc. ), RV. ; to slay, kill, ib. ; to dispel (darkness), destroy (evil, harm), ib. ; to hurt, injure, wound, MuṇḍUp.
Han (indeclinable) see haṃ.
han 2 P. ( haMti, jaGAna, avaDIt , avaDizwa-ahata; hanizyati, haMtuM, hata ; pass. hanyate ; caus. GAtayati-te ; desid. jiGAMsati ) 1 To kill, slay, destroy, strike down; trayaSca dUzaRaKaratrimUrDAno raRe hatAH U. 2 , 15 ; hatamapi ca haMtyeva madanaH Bh. 3. 18. 2 To strike, beat; caMqI caMqa haMtumaByudyatA mAM vidyuddAmnA meGarAjIva viMDyaM M. 3. 20 , Śi. 7. 56. 3 To hurt, injure, afflict, torment; as in kAmahata . 4 To put down, abandon; tfzRAM CiMdDi Baja kzamAM jahi madaM Bh. 2. 77. 5 To remove, take away, destroy; aMBojinIvananivAsavilAsameva haMsasya haMti nitarAM kupito viDAtA Bh. 2. 18. 6 To conquer, overthrow, defeat, overcome; viGnEH sahasraguRitErapi hanyamAnAH prArabDamuttamajanA na parityajaMti Subhāṣ. 7 To hinder, obstruct. 8 To mar, spoil; Ki. 2. 37. 9 To raise; turagaKurahatastaTA hi reRuH Ś. 1. 32. 10 To multiply (in math.). 11 To go (rarely used in classical literature in this sense; and when used it is regarded as a fault of composition); e. g. kuMjaM haMti kfSodarI S. D. 7 ; or tIrTAMtarezu snAnena samupArjitasatkftiH . surasrotasvinImeza haMti saMprati sAdaraM K. P. 7 (given as an instance of the doza called asamarTatpa ). — Caus. 1 To cause to be killed, kill, slay. 2 To destroy, ruin, mar, spoil; Pt. 1. 363. -WITH ati to injure excessively. — aMtar to strike in the middle.
han a. Killing, slaying, destroying (at the end of comp. ); as in vftrahan , pitfhan, mAtfhan, brahmahan &c.