सं-√ हन् P. -हन्ति, (
ind.p. -हत्यq.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] ;
(
जिघ्नते), to meet as a friend (
instr. ),
ib. ix, 14, 4;
(
P. ) to break, crush, kill, destroy,
ib. :
Pass. -हन्यते, to be put together or joined, join, unite (intr.),
[Śaṃk.] ;
to become compact or solid,
[ŚBr.] :
Caus. -घातयति, to strike together, kill, destroy utterly,
[MW.]