विहन्

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वि-√ हन्   (often w.r. for नि-हन्) P. -हन्ति, to strike apart or asunder, disperse, shatter, break, destroy, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.];

to beat asunder, extend (a skin), [RV.]; [ŚBr.];

to tear off, [TBr.];

to unbind, loosen (hair), [Pāṇ. 3-1, 21] Sch.;

to ward off, repel, [MBh.]; [R.];

to keep back, withhold, refuse, [MBh.];

to hinder, interrupt, disturb, prevent, frustrate, annihilate, ib.; [R.] &c.:

Pass. -हन्यते, to be frustrated or disappointed, exert one's self in vain, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hariv.] :

Caus. -घातयति, °ते, to beat, vanquish, defeat, [Hit.];

( Ā.) to afflict, distress, annoy, [MBh.];

to interrupt, disturb, [Kull.] on [Mn. v, 84] :

Desid. -जिघांसति, to wish to interrupt or disturb, [BhP.] :

Intens. ( -जीजहि?), to harm, injure, [MBh. vii, 2383.]

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वि √ हन्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

विहन् [vihan]   2 [P.]
To kill, slay, destroy, destroy completely, annihilate; (अलं) सहसा संहतिमंहसां विहन्तुम् [Ki. 5.17;14.23.]
To strike, beat violently.
To obstruct, impede, oppose, resist; विघ्नन्ति सक्षांसि वने क्रतूंश्च [Bk.1.19;] [Śi.14.8;] [R.5.27.]
To reject, refuse, decline; तद् भूतनाथानुग नार्हसि त्वं संवन्धिनो मे प्रणयं विहन्तुम् [R.2.58;] न व्यहन्यत कदाचिदर्थिता 11.2.
To disappoint, foil, frustrate.
To separate.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : प्रतिबन्ध, विच्छिद्