avahan | अवहन् | avahan
ava-√ han | अव-√ हन् | (Subj. 2. sg. -han | -हन् |, RV. v, 32, 1 and vi, 26, 5; Imper. 2. pl. -hantanā | -हन्तना |, RV. ii, 34, 9 Imper. 2. sg. -jahi | -जहि |; impf. 2. and 3. sg. -a/han | -अ/हन् |, or ahan | अहन् |; perf. 2. sg. -jaṅanṭa | -जङन्ट |) to throw down, strike, hit, RV.; AV.; MBh. ii, 915; Ved. to drive away, expel, keep off, fend off, RV.; AV. &c.; chiefly Ved. to thresh, RV. i, 195, 2 (p. fem. -ṅnatī | -ङ्नती |), TS. &c.: Ā. -jiṅnate | -जिङ्नते |, to throw down, RV. i, 80, 5: Caus. (Pot. -ṅātayet | -ङातयेत् |) to cause to thresh, ŚBr. xiv : Intens. (Imper. 2. sg. -jaṇṅanīhi | -जण्ङनीहि |) to drive away, fend off, AV. v, 20, 8.