The corpus record — Sanskrit
1. han cl. 2. P. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 2 ) hanti (3. du. hataḥ, 3. pl. ghnanti; rarely Ā. hate, 3. pl. ghnate; and cl. 1. hanati, Ved. also jighnate, ti; Pot. hanyāt, Br. also hanīta, ghnīta; Impv. jahi, TĀr. handhi; impf. ahan, Ved. and ep. also ahanat, ahanan, aghnanta; p. jaghnat, ghnamāna, MBh. ; pf.
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1. هَن
1. han cl. 2. P. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 2 ) hanti (3. du. hataḥ, 3. pl. ghnanti; rarely Ā. hate, 3. pl. ghnate; and cl. 1. hanati, Ved. also jighnate, ti; Pot. hanyāt, Br. also hanīta, ghnīta; Impv. jahi, TĀr. handhi; impf. ahan, Ved. and ep. also ahanat, ahanan, aghnanta; p. jaghnat, ghnamāna, MBh. ; pf.
2. هَن
2. han mf(ghnī)n. killing, a killer, slayer (only ifc. ; see ari, tamohan &c.)
3. hāni
hāni f. ( accord. to some fr. √ han) abandonment, relinquishment, Kuval.
4. hāni
damage, loss, failure (also in a lawsuit), ruin, Yājñ. ; MBh. &c.
5. hāni
insufficiency, deficit, a minus, ĀśvGṛ. ; MBh. cessation, disappearance, nonexistence, Kāv. ; Kathās. &c.
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