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. jaghāna, jaghnuḥ, Br. and ep. also jaghne, nire, Subj. jaghanat, RV. ; p. jaghnivas, Ved. also jaghanvas; aor. ahānīt, JaimBr. [ cf. √ vadh]; fut. hantā, MBh. ; haṃsyati, ib. ; haniṣyati, te, AV. &c.; inf. hantum, Ved. also hantave, tavai, toḥ; ind.p. hatvā, Ved. also tvī, tvāya, hatya; hanya, MBh. ; ghātam, Br. &c.), to strike, beat (also a drum), pound, hammer ( acc. ), strike &c. upon ( loc. ), RV. &c. &c.; to smite, slay, hit, kill, mar, destroy, ib. ; to put to death, cause to be executed, Mn. ; Hit. ; to strike off, Kathās. ; to ward off, avert, MBh. ; to hurt, wound (the heart), R. ; to hurl (a dart) upon ( gen. ), RV. ; (in astron. ) to touch, come into contact, VarBṛS. ; to obstruct, hinder, Rājat. ; to repress, give up, abandon (anger, sorrow &c.), Kāv. ; BhP. ; (?) to go, move, Naigh. ii, 14 : Pass. hanyate ( ep. also ti; aor. avadhi or aghāni), to be struck or killed, RV. &c. &c.: Caus. ghātayati, te (properly a Nom. fr. ghāta, q.v. ; aor. ajīghatat or ajīghanat), to cause to be slain or killed, kill, slay, put to death, punish, Mn. ; MBh. &c.; to notify a person's death (kaṃsaṃghātayati = kaṃsavadhamācaṣṭe), Pāṇ. iii, 1, 26 , Vārtt. 6 Pat. ; to mar, destroy, MBh. ; Pañcat. ( v.l. ) : Desid. jighāṃsati, te ( Pot. jighāṃsīyat, MBh. ; impf. ajighāṃsīḥ, ŚBr. ), to wish to kill or destroy, RV. &c. &c.: Intens. jaṅghanti ( RV. ; p. jaṅghanat, jaṅghnat or ghanighnat), jaṅghanyate (with pass. sense, MuṇḍUp. ), jeghnīyate ( Pāṇ. vii, 4, 31 ), to strike = tread upon ( loc. or acc. ), RV. ; to slay, kill, ib. ; to dispel (darkness), destroy (evil, harm), ib. ; to hurt, injure, wound, MuṇḍUp.