ḍvaṃs | ड्वंस् | DvaMs
ḍvaṃs | ड्वंस् | or ḍvas | ड्वस् | cl. 1. P. Ā. ḍvaṃsati | ड्वंसति | (to go, Naigh. ii, 14), ˚te | ˚ते | (Dhātup. xviii, 16; perf. daḍvaṃsur | दड्वंसुर् |, Up.; daḍvaṃsire | दड्वंसिरे |, MBh. [also ḍvaṃsire | ड्वंसिरे |] Bhaṭṭ.; -daḍvase | -दड्वसे |, RV.; aor. -ḍvasa/n | -ड्वस/न् |, RV. viii, 54, 5; aḍvaṃsiśwa | अड्वंसिश्wअ | Gr.; fut. ḍvaṃsiśyate | ड्वंसिश्यते |, ˚sitā | ˚सिता |, ib.; ind.p. -ḍvasya | -ड्वस्य |, MBh.), to fall to pieces or to dust, decay, be ruined, perish, RV. &c. &c.; to be gone, vanish (only Impv. ḍvaṃsa | ड्वंस |, ˚sata | ˚सत |, ˚satām | ˚सताम् |), MBh.; Hariv.; R.; to scatter, cover &c. (only ḍvasta | ड्वस्त |, q.v.) : Pass. ḍvasyate | ड्वस्यते | (Pāṇ. vi, 4, 24, Kāś.); ˚ti | ˚ति | (GopBr.) to be destroyed, perish: Caus. ḍvaṃsa/yati | ड्वंस/यति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, to scatter, TBr.; to destroy, disperse, disturb, R.; Daś.; to violate (a woman), Kathās.; ḍvasa/yati | ड्वस/यति |, to scintillate, sparkle (Agni), RV. i, 140, 3; 5 : Desid. diḍvaṃsiśate | दिड्वंसिशते | Gr.: Intens. danīḍvasyate | दनीड्वस्यते |, ˚ḍvaṃsīti | ˚ड्वंसीति |, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 84, Kāś. [cf. Germ. dunst, tunst; Angl.Sax. dûst, Engl. dust.]