vaD (also written baD ; cf. √ bAD ; properly only used in the aor. and Prec. tenses avaDIt and °Dizwa ; vaDyAt and vaDizIzwa , Pāṇ. ii, 4, 42 &c.; vi, 4, 62 ; the other tenses being supplied by √ han ; cf. Dhātup. xxiv, 2 ; but in Ved. and ep. poetry also pres. vaDati ; Pot. vaDet ; fut. vaDizyati , °te ; other Ved. forms are aor. avaDIm , va/hIm Subj. vaDizaH ; baDIH , TĀr. ; Prec. baDyAsam , °suH , AV. ), to strike, slay, kill, murder, defeat, destroy, RV. &c. &c.: Pass. vaDyate , °ti ( aor. avaDi ), to be slain or killed, MBh. ; Kāv. ; &c. : Caus. vaDayati , to kill, slay, MBh. [a. Gk. ὠθέω .]
vaD 1 P. ( vaDati ) To slay, kill (not used in classical Sanskrit except as a sub stitute for han in the Aorist and Benedictive).