nihan
ni-√ han P. -hanti ( Impv. -jahi , RV. ; p. -Gna/ , TS. &c.; 3- sg. Ā. -jiGnate , RV. ; p. jiGnamAna , MBh. ; pf. -jaGAna , RV. &c.; 3. pl. -jaGnur , °nire , MBh. ; R. ; fut. -hanizyati , °te , -haMsyati , MBh. ; p. -hanizya/t , RV. ; ind.p. -hatya , KātyŚr. [ cf. a-nihatya ]; inf. -hantave , RV. ; -hantum , R. ), to strike or fix in, hurl in or upon or against ( loc. ), RV. &c. &c.; to make an attempt upon, attack, assail ( acc. loc. or gen. ), AV. ; KātyŚr. ; MBh. ; to strike or hew down (also = mow, L. ), kill, overwhelm, destroy, RV. &c. &c. (also applied to planets, Var. ); to hit, touch ( lit. and fig. ), MBh. ; BhP. ; to beat (a drum), Bhaṭṭ. ; to punish, visit, afflict, Kāv. ; Pur. ; to attach to ( Pass. -hanyate , to be fixed upon, with loc. ), AV. ; to drop, lower, let sink (hands, wings &c.), AV. ; VPrāt. ; to speak with the unaccented tone i.e. with the Anudātta , RPrāt. ; ĀśvŚr. ; (in arithm. ) to multiply, Āryabh. Comm. Caus. See ni-GAta , °taya .