saMhan
saM-√ han P. -hanti , ( ind.p. -hatya , q.v. ), to strike or put together, join, shut, close (eyes, wings, hands), RV. &c. &c.; to beat together, make solid, Suśr. ; to put together i.e. frame, fabricate, ŚāṅkhŚr. ; ( Ā. ) to rush together (in battle), meet, encounter ( instr. ), RV. vii, 56, 22 ; ( jiGnate ), to meet as a friend ( instr. ), ib. ix, 14, 4 ; ( P. ) to break, crush, kill, destroy, ib. : Pass. -hanyate , to be put together or joined, join, unite ( intr. ), Śaṃk. ; to become compact or solid, ŚBr. : Caus. -GAtayati , to strike together, kill, destroy utterly, MW.